'The dream of Toledo' runs through 1.500 years of history with Christie laser projection

This show by Puy du Fou takes place in a space of five hectares through which they are distributed 800 light projectors, 60 water dispensers and 28 D20WU-HS equipment. These are used to give life to a large format mapping that is projected on the set.

Toledo's dream is the first show of Puy du Fou Spain, The future entertainment park that will open its doors in the spring of 2021 in the 'City of Three Cultures'’ and that is under construction.

The French theme park Puy du Fou, Awarded twice as the best in the world, prepares your landing in Toledo with this night show that runs through 1.500 Years of events in Spanish culture. The show can be seen until the end of October this year and then will resume from the 8 from April to 24 October 2020.

With an hour and a quarter of duration and a capacity of 4.000 people, is full of performances, Dances and battles with great special effects, music, Lights, Projections and fireworks. All this is developed in a space of five hectares by which they are distributed 800 light projectors, 60 water dispensers and 28 HS Series laser projectors Christie, with a decoration in which walls are seen, a bridge and some Mudejar church reminiscent of Toledo.

The Dream of Toledo is the first night show with which the park being built by the French company Puy du Fou has been inaugurated in the same way as the one it already has in the region of La Vendée, in western France. With an investment of 242 million euros expected to generate more than 3.300 Jobs.

Puy du Fou has been working with Christie technology for ten years. "From 2009 is our supplier of projectors and, today, We have more than one hundred brand equipment, including J Series models, Boxer, GS and now also HS. We chose this series because it is a technology that we have been using successfully in the shows Le Mystère de La Perouse and Le Premier Royaume, where they have demonstrated great reliability for intensive uses", says Olivier Girard, Technical Director of Puy du Fou Spain.

The projectors in question are 28 D20WU-HS units, a 1DLP laser equipment, WUXGA resolution and 20.600 ISO lumens. for The Dream of Toledo, These have been located in three different air-conditioned projection booths located in two towers, the 90% of them running in landscape mode and the other 10% vertically.

The equipment is used to give life to a large-format mapping that is projected on the set of the show., which includes buildings, Walls, Bridges, Churches, mills, river, trees, stones... It is a gigantic scenario of five hectares with 3.900 square meters of decorations that have been raised in less than eight months, and where historical figures such as King Recaredo parade, Alfonso VI, Alfonso X the Wise, Al Mamún, Isabel the Catholic, Christopher Columbus, Emperor Charles V or Miguel de Cervantes himself, among others.

are 185 The actors who, Dresses with more than 1.200 period costumes, represent these and other figures in the history of Spain, to which are added the 30 Horses participating in the work, all of them white to make them look good during the night performances.

The images projected by Christie teams consist basically of videos and graphic content created especially for this show.. The projection area is approximately 1.400 square meters, and its native resolution is used (1.920×1.200), offering a total resolution of 8,256×2.816 Pixels (23,25 millions of pixels).

The Puy du Fou team is delighted with the performance that Christie projectors are having in The Dream of Toledo. "We would especially like to highlight the brightness performance and light stability they maintain over time., as well as the great color fidelity that is achieved with the Christie BoldColor technology incorporated in these teams, which is fundamental to this show", says Olivier Girard.

The French company specialized in the development of large-scale events, Whatsit, plays a key role in the audiovisual installation of this project.

"They are very compact high-brightness machines with an incredible cost/lumens ratio.. They also offer low heat emission, and it is noteworthy, In addition, its low power consumption, which simplifies installation and is much greener", comments Baptiste Lassaigne, AV Consulting Manager at Whatsit.

It is expected that 72.000 people enjoy El Sueño de Toledo in this first season, which marks the beginning of a larger project that will crystallize in 2021 with the second phase of the Puy du Fou Spain project: the opening of a park of great shows that will make the visitor travel through the history of Spain.

It will depart with four great day shows, three historic villages and 30 hectares of nature. El Sueño de Toledo will continue to be performed indefinitely as an independent night show in parallel to the park.

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