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The Third of May 1808 in Madrid (also known as El tres de mayo de 1808 en Madrid or Los fusilamientos de la montaña del Príncipe Pío, [2] or Los fusilamientos del tres de mayo. Commonly known as The Third of May 1808 .) [ 1 ] is a painting completed in 1814 by the Spanish painter Francisco Goya , now in the Museo del Prado , Madrid.
File: El Tres de Mayo, by Francisco de Goya, from Prado thin black margin.jpg
The Dos de Mayo or Second of May Uprising took place in Madrid, Spain, on 2–3 May 1808. The rebellion, mainly by civilians, with some isolated military action [ 4 ] by junior officers , was against the occupation of the city by French troops, and was violently repressed by the French Imperial forces , [ 5 ] with hundreds of public executions.
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]
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1 The Third of May, 1808: The Execution of the Defenders of Madrid, by Goya. Toggle the table of contents. Wikipedia: ...
May 2 - Dos de Mayo Uprising [1] [2] [3] June 5 - Uprising of Santa Cruz de Mudela; June 6 - Valdepeñas Uprising and 1st Combat of El Bruch; June 7 - Battle of Alcolea Bridge; June 9–14 - Capture of the Rosily Squadron; June 12 - Battle of Cabezón; June 14 - 2nd Combat of El Bruch; June 15-August 14 - First Siege of Zaragoza
The Third of May 1808, by Goya. The scandalous behavior of the court, the royal family and the high officials of the bureaucracy and the army before the French military occupation and the political maneuvers of Napoleon led to a social outburst whose documentary expression was fixed in the Bando of the mayors of Móstoles after the uprising of ...