The full text of the novel takes over the walls of the platform
William Shakespeare, Miguel de Cervantes and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega they died a April 23rd of 1616, that is why it was decided to establish this date to commemorate the Day of the book.
Later it was shown that Cervantes died a day before and that Shakespeare did not die that day either, since at that time the United Kingdom followed the Julian calendar, which was ten days apart from the Gregorian.
In any case, on April 23 we celebrate reading and books, that so many good moments give us. and that morning the platforms of the Plaza España metro line 3 station They woke up decorated with the full text of Cervantes' work.
The initiative, carried out by Metro de Madrid in collaboration with the Madrid Publishers Association , falls within the year of Centenary of the Madrid metro.
Long live reading!
In addition to the text of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha, on the walls of the station we can read ten featured quotes and thirteen engravings that collect different scenes from the novel.
Thus, at monument to Miguel Cervantes located in Plaza España, that represents the writer with the bronze statues of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, adds this great underground tribute.
The objective of the project is none other than to improve the metro travel experience and encourage reading among its users, who can continue to enjoy reading inside the trains thanks to the well-known initiative 'Books on the street', promoted by the Association of Publishers of Madrid.
This campaign has been bringing literature closer to subway passengers for more than twenty years with excerpts from books by different authors and genres.
Don Quixote floods the Madrid underground
Can't wait to keep reading? Don't worry, you don't have to go far, you can go to the twelve points of Bibliometro located in many of the underground stations.
Plaza España thus joins other stations covered in literature such as the one in The Latin (with photos of El Rastro), the Art Station (in Atocha, with the most representative works of the Madrid museums), Retirement, Goya (with engravings by the Spanish painter), those of the centennial line (on line 1) or the newly opened ashbrook.
The assembly, which was done in a single night, has resulted in an exceptional decoration that was born with a vocation to be permanent.
One more reason to go through Plaza España (and discover what it hides underground) .