In addition, this afternoon and tomorrow a beam of blue light will be turned on and projected into the sky in honor of the dead and more than 2,000 injured. This new area will cover an area of 2,000 square meters, although only 1,200 square meters will be open to visitors on the day of opening.
The Community of Madrid will hold a… this Sunday, on the eve of the anniversary new space of collection and tribute to the victims of the attacks 11 M at the station Atochajust below the spot occupied by the memorial that was on the surface.
At the same point, moreover, on Sunday afternoon a blue light ray which will be projected into the sky in honor of the deaths and more than 2,000 injuries caused by the explosion of the bombs placed on four Madrid Cercanías trains, at the stations of Atocha, Santa Eugenia, El Pozo and next to Téllez Street.
This special illumination will be on display this Sunday and Monday the 11th, coinciding with the commemoration of the European Day in Memory of the Victims of Terrorism and the twentieth anniversary of the 2004 attacks in Madrid.
The 11M monument in Atocha has been dismantled for the development of the works on metro line 11, the works are planned in two phases, one focused on the outer cylinder and one for the inner part, where this new monument has been installed. , designed with the opinion of the victims.
This new staging area will cover a total area of 2000 square metersa quadruple of the previous space, which was 400, although only 1,200 square meters will be open to visitors on opening day.
The walls are painted cobalt blue and engraved with the names of those killed in the attack on March 11, 2004 in Madrid, as well as some of the sentences that could be read on the monument, which has now been dismantled.
Source: EITB
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