Embajadores in Madrid, Spain — Southwestern Europe (Iberian Peninsula)

Eloy Gonzalo

Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, November 8, 2022

1. Eloy Gonzalo Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

El
Ayuntamiento
de Madrid
a
Eloy Gonzalo
1901

Cascorro
1897

(English translation:)

The Government of Madrid honors Eloy Gonzalo 1901

Cascorro 1897

Erected 1902 by Ayuntamiento de Madrid.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Wars, Non-US.

Location. 40° 24.615′ N, 3° 42.437′ W. Marker is in Madrid. It is in Embajadores. Memorial is on Plaza de Cascorro, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: Plaza de Cascorro 8, Madrid 28005, Spain. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Colegio Imperial (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Timoteo Pérez Rubio (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Agustin Lara (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Puerta Cerrada (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Claudio Coello (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Restaurante Sobrino de Botín: “Fortunata y Jacinta” (approx. 0.4 kilometers

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away); Gonzalo Ceballos y Fernandez de Cordoba (approx. half a kilometer away); Don Felipé Picatoste Rodriguez (approx. half a kilometer away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Madrid.

Also see . . .
1. Monument to Eloy Gonzalo (Wikipedia).

Excerpt on the monument: It is a monument dedicated to Eloy Gonzalo a Spanish soldier in the Cuban War independence who, in September 1896—during a siege by a party of about 2,500 Cuban mambises equipped with 70 mm battalion guns on a small regiment of Spanish soldiers garrisoned in the small village of Cascorro reportedly volunteered to his superiors in a nearly suicidal mission to infiltrate the enemy lines and fire the hut used as a warehouse for the weaponry of the enemy. Reportedly equipped with a 10-liter gasoline can, a Mauser rifle, a torch and a rope (to tie himself allowing for the retrieval of his corpse in case he fell in action, as he was certain of) he succeeded against all odds, helping to demoralize the enemy until the lift of the siege by General Adolfo Jiménez Castellanos, only to die of dysentery in Matanzas in June 1897.

(Submitted on December 21, 2022.)

2. Eloy Gonzalo (Wikipedia, in Spanish).

Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, November 8, 2022

2. Eloy Gonzalo Marker

This Spanish-language Wikipedia article provides a considerable amount of biographical detail, while the English-language article is really mostly about the statue itself. (Submitted on December 21, 2022.)

Eloy Gonzalo Statue and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, November 8, 2022

3. Eloy Gonzalo Statue and Marker

Eloy Gonzalo Statue and Marker - wide view image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, November 8, 2022

4. Eloy Gonzalo Statue and Marker - wide view

Plaza de Cascoy street sign depicting Eloy Gonzalo image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, November 8, 2022

5. Plaza de Cascoy street sign depicting Eloy Gonzalo

Credits. This page was last revised on February 2, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 21, 2022, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 91 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on December 21, 2022, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. 5. submitted on January 12, 2023, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.