The shootings of 3 May 1808 in Madrid are among the most debated episodes of the Peninsular War — and the question of where exactly they took place remains open.
“They shot three groups, each of forty people, at El Prado. Many (the figures are not known) were shot at the Church of La Soledad, near the Puerta del Sol. And other groups of 30 or 40 met a similar fate near the Puerta de San Vicente.”
The British Consul in Madrid to His Britannic Majesty’s Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 2 May 1808 [i]