
Municipal cleaning staff clear remaining debris, tents, and tarpaulin after police close off the emblematic square.
Police closed off Madrid's Puerta del Sol square on Tuesday as municipal staff cleared a protest camp that had been set up in September following a pensioner's eviction.
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The Madrid camp sprang up in September after Spain's housing crisis drew public attention due to an 87-year-old pensioner's eviction.
Officers closed off much of the Spanish capital’s emblematic Puerta del Sol square on Tuesday morning as municipal cleaning staff swept away remaining debris, tents and tarpaulin.
The Madrid camp sprang up in September, after Spain’s chronic housing crisis burst into the centre of public debate following the eviction of an 87-year-old pensioner from her lifelong Madrid home.

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