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Al pueblo del dos de mayo de 1808

Coordinates: 40°25′23″N 3°42′54″W / 40.42316°N 3.714884°W / 40.42316; -3.714884
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Al pueblo del dos de mayo de 1808
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40°25′23″N 3°42′54″W / 40.42316°N 3.714884°W / 40.42316; -3.714884
LocationPlaza de España, Madrid, Spain
DesignerAniceto Marinas
MaterialBronze, limestone
Height3.50 m
Opening date4 May 1908
Dedicated toThe role of the Madrilenian people during the Dos de mayo uprising

A los héroes del dos de mayo or Al pueblo del dos de mayo de 1808 is an instance of public art in Madrid, Spain. A sculptural work by Aniceto Marinas, the monument is an homage to the role of the Madrilenian people during the 1808 Dos de mayo uprising.

History and description

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Originally sculpted in Rome by Aniceto Marinas in 1891,[1] the sculptural group depicts a winged statue holding a banner that emerges on top of a soldier, a cannon, a small boy and a number of corpses, male and female alike.[2]

The ensemble was inaugurated in the morning of 4 May 1808 at its original location on the Glorieta de Ruiz Jiménez [es] (glorieta de San Bernardo), with the Count of Peñalver [es] (Mayor of Madrid) and Antonio Maura (Prime Minister) intervening as speakers in the ceremony,[3] and Alfonso XIII eventually proceeding to unveil the monument.[4]

There was no time to cast the bronze for the inauguration, and instead the plaster model of the sculptural group was installed, secretly disguised by a greenish paint, which soon faded after the rains, to the surprise of the Madrilenian people.[5] In October 1908, the bronze statue, cast in Madrid by "La Metaloplástica. Campins y Codina" foundry, was put on the pedestal.[6]

The cylindrical stone pedestal features an inscription reading "al pueblo / del / dos de mayo / de / 1808" ("to the People of the 2 May 1808"), surmounted by a bronze rendition of the municipal coat of arms.[5]

Over the years, the monument was moved to the Glorieta de Quevedo [es] and, in the 1960s,[n. 1] to its current location in some gardens near the Plaza de España and, since the 1970s, also the Temple of Debod.

References

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Information notes
  1. ^ Depending on the source: 1966[5] or 1967.[2]
Citations
  1. ^ "Dos de mayo. Grupo escultórico de Aniceto Marinas". La Ilustración Española y Americana. LII (16): 262. 30 April 1908. ISSN 1889-8394.
  2. ^ a b García Guatas 2003, p. 210.
  3. ^ "Fiestas del Centenario. Monumento al Dos de Mayo". Heraldo de Madrid. XIX (6366): 1. 4 May 1908. ISSN 2171-0090.
  4. ^ "El centenario del dos de mayo". El Día de Madrid. I (24). Madrid: 2. 5 May 1908. ISSN 1133-2468.
  5. ^ a b c Portela Sandoval 2007, p. 313.
  6. ^ Portela Sandoval 2007, pp. 312–313.
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