The Historian · Martín · Madrid
Plaza del Dos de Mayo
Everyone drinks in this square; few know they're drinking on the site of the 1808 revolt, named after a 17-year-old who died in it. The whole barrio carries her name.
The square at the heart of Malasaña, named for the 1808 uprising against Napoleon's troops. The neighbourhood itself is named after a teenage seamstress, Manuela Malasaña, killed in the fighting.
— Martín, The Historian
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