The Historian · Martín · Madrid
Plaza Mayor
People photograph it as a pretty square. I stand in it and remember it was a theatre of power, including the autos-da-fé. History isn't always comfortable.
The great enclosed square of Habsburg Madrid — built for proclamations, markets, bullfights and the burnings of the Inquisition. Beautiful, and not innocent.
— Martín, The Historian
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