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Over 14 million lights will transform Madrid's nights
Madrid plans to extend its Christmas lights across more than 250 locations. The lighting will reach all 21 districts and will be entirely LED. The plan includes over 14 million bulbs and designs created by schoolchildren.
The display will feature 7,458 garlands and 131 illuminated cherry trees. There will also be 14 large fir trees, in an installation that the City Council plans to spread across more than 250 locations in the 21 districts.
The lighting will have more than 14 million bulbs and will be entirely high-efficiency LED. The approved contract amounts to 5.9 million euros and covers installation and maintenance; it also includes dismantling. The municipal forecast puts this year's total investment at around 7.3 million.
The schedule follows the usual pattern: the lights will be switched on at the end of November and will remain until Epiphany.
For the third year in a row, designs by children in the first cycle of Primary school will be part of the lighting. Their drawings were submitted to the competition organised by the City Council. In another urban project in the capital, the park over the M-30 will connect Salamanca y Ciudad Lineal.
The municipal drawing competition is the origin of this part of the Christmas lighting. The selected works come from pupils in the first cycle of Primary school. Their designs go from paper proposals to the streets of Madrid. This year will be the third time they are included in the lighting.