Plaza Mayor Poster

Plaza Mayor, Madrid, Spain The Plaza de Arrabal was redesigned by Francisco Herrera in the second half of the 16th century, but the construction begun only in the 17th century. It was destroyed by fire three times and it was redesigned again by Juan de Villanueva in 1790. The 17the century statue of Philip III was placed in the square in 1848. The square was used as a market place in the 16th century, but several bull fights and auto de fes took place here.