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Dos de Mayo — Comunidad de Madrid day

The region's own holiday, born from the 1808 uprising.

🔁 Every year on 2 May 📍 Malasaña 👁 195 views

A public holiday across the Comunidad de Madrid, marking the 1808 uprising against Napoleon's troops — the one Goya painted.

Concerts and street events, most of them free, centred on Plaza del Dos de Mayo in Malasaña and around Sol. The barrio takes it seriously and it is one of the better street days of the year.

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