The plaza de Tirso de Molina is a public square in the city of

Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and ...

, Spain.

History and description

If features a roughly triangular shape, covering an area close to square metres. Created upon the demolition of the Convento de la Merced during the early years of the reign of

Isabella II Isabella II ( es, Isabel II; 10 October 1830 – 9 April 1904), was Queen of Spain from 29 September 1833 until 30 September 1868. Shortly before her birth, the King Ferdinand VII of Spain issued a Pragmatic Sanction to ensure the successio ...

, it was inaugurated under the name of ''Plaza del Progreso'' ("Square of the Progress"), with some trees planted on the plot. After the 1868 Glorious Revolution, the square gained a statue of Juan Álvarez Mendizábal, precisely the minister behind the ecclesiastical confiscation. After the Francoist victory in the

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, the statue of Mendizábal was replaced in 1943 by another one representing Gabriel Téllez (best known as "

Tirso de Molina Gabriel Téllez ( 24 March 1583 20 February 1648), better known as Tirso de Molina, was a Spanish Baroque dramatist, poet and Roman Catholic monk. He is primarily known for writing ''The Trickster of Seville and the Stone Guest'', the play from ...

"). The square undertook a major revamp in the 2000s, seeking to reinforce its value as pedestrian area. The project was authored by the Haiku Studio. The reform was inaugurated in 2006. Located it the north of

Embajadores Embajadores is an administrative neighborhood (''barrio'') of Madrid, belonging to the Centro District. Delimitation The area lies in the southern part of the Centro District, the later located in the centre of the city, as its name indicate ...

, it constitutes a reference for the latter neighborhood despite its rather small size.

References

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Embajadores neighborhood, Madrid