The monument began to be built in honor of the 300th anniversary of the death of Cervantes, finished after the end of the civil war, after the liberation of Madrid in 1939, Franco raised his hand to Don Quixote, it turned out like a fascist greeting, as if these emphasized that even Don Quixote was for us, during a review tours of Madrid you will be able to learn a lot more about Plaza Españ a,→