The Plaza Mayor of Madrid says goodbye to the IV Centennial celebrations with the immersive mapping of its history

From tonight and until the next 17 February, with three daily passes, This nerve center of Madrid is recreated again with projection technology, audio and lighting to immerse the public in a spectacular audiovisual tour of its four hundred years of history.

Los 5.750 m2 of the four facades that form the Plaza Mayor of Madrid will be from the 17:30today's hour (with passes after 21:00 y 22:00h) and until the 17 February the ideal setting to once again project the videomapping that was made to commemorate its IV Centennial, that this weekend will close all the activities carried out since then, and offer the possibility to those who could not see it in 2017 (a preview in the attached video).

On this occasion there will also be passes accessible for people with functional diversity, specifically on Sunday, 17 February, at 19.30, 21.00 y 22.00 hours, with audio description equipment, magnetic loop and vibrating backpacks to deliver amplified sound, which must be collected half an hour before the passes at the statue of Felipe III, in the center of the square.

This spectacular videomapping, who saw in their first sample more than 24.000 people for three days as part of the varied cultural programming carried out by the Madrid City Council for this event, has been awarded first prize for Best Cultural Event at the B.E.A awards. World (Best Events Award) 2017 and with equal recognition for Best 360º Audiovisual at the Visual Artist Awards 2018.

Designed and created by Óscar Testón, director of One Cinema and creator of the visuals and zapping portal Vjspain, This 360º projection is completed with the music of composer Rubén Kielmannsegge, that accompanies the visual tour with a musical one with baroque touches, epics and cinematic orchestras.

So, the public who wants to enjoy this immersive screening this weekend, eighteen minutes long, You will be able to enjoy a unique audiovisual journey through the history of the Plaza Mayor of Madrid, which begins in the 16th century when it was a small lake on the outskirts of the Villa y Corte, in which monarchs hunted ducks.

The historic tour continues through the coronations and beatification of San Isidro and the baroque festivals that were celebrated in this space, also including the most tragic part when it was also the scene of executions, until we reach the goyaesque festivals, the bullfights and the fires that it suffered until its reconstruction, at the end of the 18th century.

Technology is the fundamental element to offer this show, in which practically the same equipment is used as the first time. In general terms (more details in Digital AV), twenty four projectors, with a luminosity 40.000 y 20.000 lumens, that offer a combined power of 880.000 lumens, with a resolution of 20,500×1.440 pixels; to which are added some forty light projectors and eight sound towers spread around the perimeter of the square..