The Plaza de la Armería is a square in Madrid (Community of Madrid, Spain) that is located between the Almudena Cathedral and the south façade of the Royal Palace. It was designed by Narciso Pascual y Colomer with the collaboration of Enrique María Repullés y Vargas and the works were completed in 1892.
At the time of the Royal Alcázar, there was only an esplanade in this place known as the Plaza del Palacio until an arch known as the Arco de Palacio was built in the 17th century and the square was also called Plaza del Arco de Palacio.
This arch existed until the last third of the 19th century. In the place occupied by the square there were also in the past the streets of Malpica, Santa Ana la Vieja, Pumar, the Plaza de Caballerizas and the Plaza de Palacio, the Plazuelas de los Pajes and del Postigo.
The changing of the guard ceremony of the Royal Guard takes place in the square on the first Wednesday of every month at twelve o’clock.
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