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Plaza de la Merced is a spacious, tree-lined square in the heart of the old town, best known as the childhood playground of Pablo Picasso, whose birthplace faces the square. A tall obelisk honouring General Torrijos dominates the centre.
The square occupies the site of a former Mercedarian convent demolished in the 19th century. It has been a public plaza since the 1830s and is intimately linked to Picasso's early years.