The historic façade of Casa Ciriaco on Madrid’s Calle Mayor, beneath the balconies tied to the 1906 assassination attempt on King Alfonso XIII and Queen Victoria Eugenia. An anarchist threw a bomb concealed in a bouquet from an upper floor as the royal wedding procession passed below, leaving a dramatic chapter of Madrid’s history attached to this otherwise everyday street scene.
The historic façade of Casa Ciriaco on Madrid’s Calle Mayor, beneath the balconies tied to the 1906 assassination attempt on King Alfonso XIII and Queen Victoria Eugenia. An anarchist threw a bomb concealed in a bouquet from an upper floor as the royal wedding procession passed below, leaving a dramatic chapter of Madrid’s history attached to this otherwise everyday street scene.