Luis Daoiz y Torres (10 February 1767 – 2 May 1808) was a Spanish artillery officer and one of the leaders of the Dos de Mayo Uprising that signalled...

national mythology. Statue of Velarde in Santander, Cantabria Monument to Daoíz and Velarde, Plaza del Dos de Mayo, Madrid Biography of Pedro Velarde...

The Monument to Daoiz and Velarde (Spanish: Monumento a Daoiz y Velarde) is an instance of public art in Segovia, Spain. Designed by Aniceto Marinas,...

Spanish War of Independence. The plaza features a monumental arch in its centre dedicated to Luis Daoíz and Pedro Velarde, two soldiers fallen to the French...

involved in the Dos de Mayo, Daoíz and Velarde y Santillán, were caught unprepared by the actions of the laboring poor: Velarde, a 28-year-old artillery captain...

defense of the Artillery Battery at Monteleón, led by Luis Daoíz y Torres and Pedro Velarde y Santillán. Her father was purported to fire against the French...

partner Mariano Benlliure. In the field of arms found the monument to Daoíz and Velarde, Aniceto Marinas work. By the same author is the List of people associated...

war began, May 2, 1808. He came to the aid of the officers Luis Daoiz and Pedro Velarde who were out of ammunition in the artillery park of Madrid. They...

the Artillery Command, year 1802, next to the busts of the captains Daoíz and Velarde and the mortar El Jilguero, under an image of Santa Bárbara. Dispatch...

and passive. Only the artillery barracks at Monteleón under Captain Luis Daoíz y Torres, manned by four officers, three NCOs and ten men, resisted. They...