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Remains
of
the
Berlin
Wall
This
corner
of
Germany
is
in
the
district
of
ChamartĂn
and
houses
remains
of
the
wall
that
for
years
divided
Germany
into
two.
On
November
9,
1989.
The
city
of
Berlin
and
all
of
Europe
experienced
a
historical
milestone
that
was
broadcast
live
on
television
around
the
world.
The
wall
that
had
divided
the
two
Germanys
for
almost
three
decades
finally
falls
and
ends
years
of
separation
of
the
German
people.
A
park
in
our
city
remembers
this
anniversary.
Today
we
tell
you
some
interesting
things
about
the
Berlin
park.
Fragments
of
that
concrete
structure,
120
kilometers
long
and
three
meters
high,
are
scattered
across
more
than
50
countries.
Pieces
that
commemorate
their
fall
or
symbolize
the
solidarity
of
the
cities
with
the
country.
What
maybe
you
didn't
know
is
that
in
Spain
you
can
also
see
some
of
these
remains.
The
Isla
de
la
Cartuja
in
Seville,
Redondela
in
Pontevedra
or
TorrejĂłn
de
Ardoz,
in
Madrid,
are
some
of
these
places
and
also
our
protagonist
today:
the
Berlin
Park
in
the
ChamartĂn
district
in
the
capital.
The
demands
of
Berliners,
social
pressure
and
the
new
political
context
managed
to
tear
down
the
wall
on
the
night
of
November
9
to
10,
1989.
And
a
year
later
the
reunification
of
Germany
became
official.
The
origin
of
the
park
In
1966,
the
mayor
of
Berlin,
Herbert
Ernst
Karl
Frahm,
better
known
as
Willy
Brandt,
announced
a
visit
to
Madrid.
For
this
reason,
the
municipal
authorities
decided
to
create
a
park
in
honor
of
the
city
and
this
is
how
this
green
area
of
​​the
capital
was
created,
just
200
meters
from
the
German
school.
Finally,
the
first
mayor
did
not
attend
the
inauguration
and
his
country's
ambassador
to
Spain
did
in
his
place.
The
lower
area
of
​​this
green
lung
is
dedicated
to
the
fall
of
the
Berlin
Wall.
The
remains
were
transferred
to
Spain
in
November
1990.
Three
fragments
with
original
graffiti
that
were
on
the
verge
of
disappearing
at
the
hands
of
a
municipal
employee
eager
to
remove
the
graffiti
before
the
park's
inauguration,
thinking
it
was
a
hooliganism.
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