Chamberí Square is a public space in Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain..
Chamberí Square is located in the district of the same name and in the Almagro neighbourhood, at the confluence of Santa Engracia Street and Eduardo Dato Promenade, formerly Cisne Street.
Francisco Largo Caballero was born in an attic in the square in 1869, in the building that would later be the seat of the district’s mayor’s office; then, the official name was Plaza Vieja. It was landscaped in 1877. On April 22, 1883, the convent of the Servants of Mary was inaugurated, designed by Francisco de Cubas, whose mother superior was Soledad Torres Acosta and who before moving to Chamberí Square had had multiple addresses in the area.
In October 1919, the Chamberí station of the Madrid Metro was inaugurated, located under the square, which fell into disuse in 1966 and would be recovered as a museum in 2008.
In 1985 the square underwent a reform conceived by Arturo Ordozgoiti that included arches and walls, demolished in 1994. The square is also the headquarters of the Municipal Board of the Chamberí district.
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