I guess everyone in Spain remembers where they were ten years ago today when they heard the terrible news, that simultaneous, coordinated terrorist bombings on ten commuter trains approaching Atocha station in Madrid took the lives of 191 people and wounded 1,800.
These photos are of an anti-terrorism protest that was put up yesterday in Plaza Encarnación. “Walls of peace” and two murals by artist MULA (Ramón Lez). We will never forget 11M.
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This has been making the rounds on Twitter and Facebook all week.
In case you haven’t seen it, wonderful flamenco flash mob at Spanish bank.
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This morning on the way to the gym I passed through Plaza de la Pescadería and saw this colourful display – and so of course I had to find out what was going on!
Turns out it’s a one-day event being put on by Seville University architecture students, protesting the way that the four bars and restaurants in the square are taking up the public space there by continually extending their terrazas.
They are using yarn to represent “home” and homeowners occupying the public benches and the spaces between them. The students were still hard at work when I left them, so if you’re in the neighbourhood be sure to check it out.