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Forest of Remembrance (Bosque del Recuerdo)

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Forest of Remembrance (Bosque del Recuerdo)

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Forest of Remembrance (Bosque del Recuerdo)

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Location: Madrid, Spain

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1. Alcalá Gate – Retiro Park (Madrid) loop from Conde de Casal

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2. Promenade of the Statues – Alcalá Gate loop from Lista

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3. Fountain of the Fallen Angel – Monument to Alfonso XII loop from Tirso de Molina

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JavierCR 🇪🇸

June 18, 2024

This space offers a place of serenity and reflection to remember the victims and honor their memory. 🌿🕊️

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August 6, 2019

The Forest of Remembrance (Spanish: "Bosque del Recuerdo"), formerly known as the Forest of the Departed ("Bosque de los Ausentes"), is a memorial garden located in the park of El Retiro in Madrid, Spain that commemorates the 191 civilian victims of the 2004 Madrid terrorist train bombings and the special forces agent who died in the attacks on 11 March 2004. The seven suicide bombers subsequently killed themselves on 3 April 2004 while under siege by security forces in their apartment block.
The new name, Bosque del Recuerdo (Forest of Remembrance), was chosen after the survivors and the victims' families argued that those killed are for ever present and have never departed from their hearts.
The memorial comprises 192 olive trees and cypresses, one for each person killed, and is surrounded by a channel of water intended to symbolise life. The location is a hillock near the Atocha railway station, one of the sites of the atrocities. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_of_Remembrance

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January 26, 2019

The "Forest of Remembrance" commemorates the over 190 dead of the 2004 train attacks. Originally it was baptized Forest of the Absent, but then renamed at the suggestion of relatives

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Forest of Remembrance (Bosque del Recuerdo)

1. Alcalá Gate – Retiro Park (Madrid) loop from Conde de Casal

2. Promenade of the Statues – Alcalá Gate loop from Lista

3. Fountain of the Fallen Angel – Monument to Alfonso XII loop from Tirso de Molina

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