Next Monday will be the second of May, a very important day in the Contemporary History of Madrid, not only because of the Napoleonic Invasion of Spain and beginning of “The Independence War” in 1808, but also it meant the first attempt popular rebellion against the powerful French Empire.

It is originated that in 1812, in San Fernando (Cádiz), the Parliament should be convened and was written the first Liberal and Democratic Constitution in the South of Europe. It was written in 1812 and was called colloquially as "The Pepa", being the third “Magna Carta” after the American one and French one.
The 1812 Constitution established the principals of universal suffrage, national sovereignty, constitutional monarchy, freedom of the press, and supported land reform and free enterprise.

Do you think that it was a milestone in Spain’s and Madrid’s history?