Estación Príncipe Pio

This guide to Estacion Principe Pio in Madrid opens before dawn on the third of May, 1808, when French soldiers marched bound Spaniards up this hill after Madrid rose against Napoleon's occupying army the night before. It follows the scene into Goya's famous painting of the execution, now hanging in the Prado, a short ride from where you stand. Listen for how the hillside's name outlasted the events that gave rise to it, long before any rail was laid here.