Do you know that on Sunday, November 9th, 25 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall?
For this reason, various commemorative events are held in the German capital during these days, highlighting the so-called “border of lights” which will be formed with more than 8.000 illuminated balloons that run along the route of the missing wall, dIt is Bornholmer Strasse until Checkpoint Charlie, going through the brandenburg gate.
La Madrid, like other European companies, also joins the commemorations of the 25th Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
And the most important act is audiovisual light and sound show that will be developed on the Alcalá gate from Thursday to Sunday.
Organized by the German Embassy in Spain in collaboration with City of MadridThe next Thursday 6th, at 21 p.m., a video mapping lasting about six minutes, during which on the façade of the Alcalá gate remember the history and fall of the Berlin Wall.
To develop the show, traffic will be cut off in the surroundings of the Alcalá gate and the public lighting will be turned off, so that the video mapping It will be accompanied by a musical soundtrack.
This show, which combines light effects, graphic and sound documents, will be repeated every quarter of an hour on Friday night until midnight, with the square now open to traffic.
During the nights from Friday to Sunday the show will be presented successively, without sound, in a shortened version lasting a minute and a half that shows how the Alcalá gate transforms into the brandenburg gate de Berlin.
After the video that I have been able to see in which the video mapping, I can tell you that it is a very emotional show, which in a very graphic and colorful way reminds us of what the existence of the Berlin Wall, which disappeared 25 years ago, meant.
These celebrations are completed with paths photography exhibitions in CentroCentro of the Cybele Palace.
On the one hand, from November 4 to 30, the exposure 25th Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall Through 20 information panels, it presents documentation and photographs related to the construction, life and fall of the wall.
This exhibition is complemented by two videos and six lenticular images that, from different viewing angles, show what emblematic places in Berlin were like before the fall of the Wall and today.
The other exhibition is organized by the Hungarian Embassy. With the title Hungary, sculptured freedom, presents about 5 photographs that recall the political events in Hungary and other Central European countries linked to the disappearance of the communist regimes between 1988 and 1989.
Both photography exhibitions are from Free access.
In summary, this weekend you have an appointment in Madrid with the celebrations of such an important event in the closest history of Europe.
Photos video mapping door Alcalá
More photos of what it will be like video mapping of the fall of the Berlin Wall on the façade of the Puerta de Alcalá in Madrid.
At that time, August 13, 1961, was terrible for the German families who separated them from one moment to the next, and on November 9, 1989, those who survived the separation of the wall at that time were the greatest joy. of the reunion, or the sadness of those who had already died and were not seen again, but the consolation of at least visiting their graves, thank God Germany was once again one and UNIQUE together with its old capital THE BEAUTIFUL BERLIN, I LOVE TO GERMANY MY FATHER WAS GERMAN AND I RESPECT HIS HISTORY AND PRAISE HIS CULTURE, THANK YOU FOR REUNIFIED ATTE REINALDO JANY.