MADRID 1808
Programme based on three elements: exhibitions, publications and scenic arts.

Scenic Arts
The most surprising proposal is the large-format street show 6 Goyas 6, created by Pere Pinyol, with musical direction by Carles Santos and the special participation of La Fura dels Baus and Carles Padrissa. This installation will take over the Prado Museum, Puerta del Sol, Plaza Mayor, Plaza de Dos de Mayo, Plaza de Oriente and Cibeles. It will kick off in the afternoon of May 1st, although the central part of the show will take place throughout the evening of May 2nd, with La Fura's closure in Cibeles.

The show is based on works by Francisco de Goya, and portrays the most significant events of the uprising. Works by the artist will become alive in a historic interpretation incorporating dance, theatre, parades and music by prestigious creators and companies.

Exhibitions
Madrid 1808 is the exhibition (with a double location and on display from April 25th to the end of September) organized by the City Council to commemorate the events which took place on this date. The section Guerra y territorio (War and Territory) at the History Museum offers a geographic portrait of that time through notes, maps or plans. Many of these have never been published, and they offer a unique perspective on the development of the Napoleonic campaigns.

The second section, Ciudad y protagonistas (City and Figures), at Conde Duque, offers a perspective on the role of the people of Madrid between March and December, 1808. It will explain the situation in which both the country and Madrid were at the time: the Court, the Mutiny of Aranjuez and the surrender upon Napoleon's arrival. This is possible through documents and objects from the time which have been kept in some municipal institutions, like the History Museum, the City's Archive, the Municipal Newspaper and Periodicals Library and the Historical Library, as well as pieces from other institutions.

The exhibition calendar also includes the travelling show El Dos de Mayo en los distritos (May 2ndthrough the districts), which will travel through the cultural centres of the district's council from April to September. Furthermore, the show España 1808-1814: la nación en armas (Spain 1808-1814: a Nation in Arms), organized by the Ministry of Defence and the State Society for Cultural Commemorations, will be showcased at Teatro Fernán Gómez.

Online and Off-line Publications
Lastly, a collection of volumes will be published to bring readers closer to those times. Aside from these, which in many cases have never been published, there will be others like the new volume of the collection Hitos de Madrid (Madrid Landmarks), which, under the title Dos de Mayo, will include tales for children and young adults by Fernando Marías, Espido Freire, Martín Garzo and Marta Rivera. Zaragoza City Council and Ediciones Santillana present a joint publication: Rutas de los Sitios de Zaragoza y por el Madrid de 1808. Guía El País-Aguilar (Routes through the Sites of Zaragoza's and Madrid in 1808. El País-Aguilar Guide). Furthermore, the novel El 19 de Marzo y el 2 de Mayo (March 19th and May 2nd), the third work of the first series of the National Episodes by Benito Pérez Galdós, will be published in paperback and given out for free.

All of these documents and graphic material will be accessible online, as well as books, paintings or films. Along this line, there will be other tributes like several plaques in remembrance of figures like Daoíz and Velarde, Agustina de Aragón or Manuela Malasaña, as well as others at the places where the events took place, such as the Cemetery of May 3rd, which will be rehabilitated and will have a new plaque, or the Field Hospital, neighbouring Plaza de Dos de Mayo.