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pressure, rising balloon-like inside a cylinder. That structure is composed of glass blocks and sits on a platform or terrace overhead. The light in the empty blue room below comes from this source alone. At night the cylinder is illuminated by lamps within its base and can be seen throughout the station neighborhood.
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The 11 m (36 ft) tall cylinder stands above Atocha station, the destination of the four trains that were attacked. Texts composed of hundreds of expressions of grief sent in the days after the attack from all over the world are printed on a clear colourless membrane that is inflated by air
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attended a ceremony at the site on the third anniversary of the bombings, 11 March 2007. Wreaths were laid at the foot of the tower and mourners observed three minutes of silence.
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blew themselves up on 3 April 2004 during a raid on an apartment used by the bombers.
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Atocha Train Station Memorial

Atocha
Madrid
2004 Madrid train bombings
suicide bombers
King Juan Carlos
Queen Sofia
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
"Madrid memorial for train victims"
40°24′25″N 3°41′20″W / 40.40694°N 3.68889°W / 40.40694; -3.68889
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Buildings and structures in Arganzuela District, Madrid
Monuments and memorials in Madrid
2004 Madrid train bombings
Monuments and memorials to victims of terrorism

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