Fiestas del 2 de Mayo
Around here lived the madrileñan embroiderer Manuela Malasaña, who – just 15 years old – was shot on the second of May of 1808 next to the artillery park of Monteleón.
Even if it today was sunny lovely day in Berlin I wish I were in Madrid. They are celebrating the Second of May where they remember the uprising of The Dos de Mayo of 1808, a rebellion by the people of Madrid against the occupation of the city by French troops, provoking a brutal repression by the French Imperial forces and triggering the Peninsular War, which is regarded as one of the first wars of national liberation.
Malasaña was my favourite neighbourhood when I lived in Madrid and in occasion of the Second of May lots of celebrations are taking place in the city. There is even a square named Plaza del Dos de Mayo, where we used to sit and drink cañas and change the world.
Picture from Ganas de Malasaña.
sonntagimpark 
Sonjachen, freut mich, dass du so geschichtsbewusst bist. Wo hast du denn diese “Plakette” her ?
Das war schon ein heldenhafter Kampf des ganzen Volkes gegen die französische Femdherrschaft,
die ja erst 1813 endete und während der das so berühmte Wort “GUERILLERO” entstand !!