The Plaza of Our Lady of the Pillar (in

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Cana ...

: ''Plaza de Nuestra Señora del Pilar'' or simply ''Plaza del Pilar'') is one of the busiest popular places in

Zaragoza Zaragoza, also known in English as Saragossa,''Encyclopædia Britannica'"Zaragoza (conventional Saragossa)" is the capital city of the Zaragoza Province and of the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. It lies by the Ebro river and its tributari ...

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. In it is the

Cathedral-Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar :''See Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar (Buenos Aires) for the church in Buenos Aires'' The Cathedral-Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar ( es, Catedral-Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Pilar) is a Roman Catholic church in the city of Zaragoz ...

, where the homonymous Marian invocation is venerated. It is known by the nickname of "El salón de la ciudad" (in English: the hall of the city), since many public parties are held there. It is also called ''Plaza de las Catedrales'' (in English: Plaza of the Cathedrals), because it has the two cathedrals of Zaragoza: the Seo and the Pilar. In this plaza are, in addition to the Basilica del Pilar, buildings such as the

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, the Fountain of Hispanicity, the Cathedral of El Salvador (La Seo), some court buildings and a monument to

Goya Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (; ; 30 March 174616 April 1828) was a Spanish romantic painter and printmaker. He is considered the most important Spanish artist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. His paintings, drawings, and ...

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