Madrid and Salamanca went 'green'’ by St. Patrick

The Cibeles fountain in Madrid and the façade of the City Hall in Salamanca's Plaza Mayor have been lit up in green to celebrate St. Patrick's Day, Ireland's National Day.

The festival in honour of the patron saint of Ireland has dyed the cities of the world green, that have been filled with clovers and leprechauns, The symbols of the country, to commemorate the death of Maewyn Succat, better known as St. Patrick, who used a clover leaf to explain the mystery of the Holy Trinity.

In the case of Madrid, it has been the Cibeles fountain that has reminded citizens of the festivity of the 'emerald isle', dyed green with special lighting from the 20 hours of the 16 from deck to the start of the day 18. With this detail, Madrid was a nod to Dublin and the Irish residents of the Spanish capital.

Showing the same hospitality to the Irish people, the City Council of Salamanca decided to illuminate the façade of the consistory in the Plaza Mayor of the university city in green at 19.50 hours of the day 17 to commemorate St. Patrick's Day.

The capital of Spain and the city of Tormes thus joined the initiative of other world capitals whose most emblematic monuments or places (the London Eye, in London; the Empire State Building in New York; the Burj Al Arab, in Dubai; Table Mountain, in South Africa; Auckland's Sky Tower; Niagara Falls, in Canada; and the Italian Tower of Pisa) They have also been dyed green in tribute to the Irish nation. The Government of that country will carry out a promotional campaign in which it will include photographs of the illuminated monuments as a tribute.

The same, the municipality of Moraira, on the Costa Blanca in Alicante, has also joined this initiative between the 16 and the 18 of March illuminating its castle and its main square in green, coinciding with the celebration of the 'St Patrick's Day' music festival.

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