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Gran Vía in Madrid, Spain — Southwestern Europe (Iberian Peninsula)
 

Plaza de la Luna (Plaza of the Moon)

Puerta de Entrada a la Umbraesfera / Gateway to the Umbrasphaere

 
 
Plaza de la Luna (Plaza of the Moon) Marker image. Click for full size.
April 1, 2023
1. Plaza de la Luna (Plaza of the Moon) Marker
Inscription.  
Hoy la llamamos la Plaza de la Luna pero su nombre original era Plaza de las Lunas, debido a que el resplandor de éstas demarcaban los límites de la plaza. En los tiempos de Kcymaerxthaereal, cada 257 órbitas de nuestra luna visible, convergían en este lugar, eclipsándose, las 29 lunas invisibles de las 29 dimensiones alternativas (cada una simbolizando los 29 infinitos negativos de cualquier xthaere) todas ellas en su plenitud (algunas eran más grandes que nuestro planeta), reunidas en este espacio. Esta conjunción de fuerzas puede ser la causa o la consecuencia de que esta plaza sea un portal insólito de incalculable valor, una puerta aparentemente pacífica hacia la umbraesfera, la conexión entre todas las sombras, la oscuridad y las penumbras de este planeta que llamamos Tierra.

Esta plaza era antaño peligrosa, ya que las distintas series dimensionales de sombras encadenaban sus zonas más oscuras, formando una ruta de viaje poderosa en la umbraesfera, que era transitada por los viajeros más audaces para evitar las ywrengs (fronteras del tiempo). Fue aquí, en la Plaza de las Lunas, donde
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Nobunaga-Ventreven, recién llegado de los gwomes de liquen, en el lugar que denominamos Soria, siguió la ruta más veloz a pSegolene, un sitio tan inaccesible como remoto, pero que, una vez que se llega, el viajero se encuentra paradójicamente cerca de cualquier otro punto del universo. Allí, tuvo lugar el encuentro con Eliala Mei-Ning, la mujer de la voz inconcebiblemente bella, dejando su huella en la Batalla de Sorne Times (Algunos Tiempos), donde Kmpass, el Urgende Dios de la Direccionalidad, fue derrotado cuando intentó destruir toda la complejidad del mundo. Es función y deber de la Plaza de la Luna preservar la riqueza de Kcymaerxthaere, por ello celebramos aquí cada año lineal la gloria y el claroscuro que define al Festival de las Lunas Restadas.


THOUGH today we call it Plaza de la Luna, the original name of this place is known to be the plural—Plaza de las Lunas—after the luminous perimeter of moons that occasionally gilt its rim. In Kcymaerxthaereal times, every 257 orbits of our visible moon, 29 different moons from 29 different dimensions (each symbolic of the 29 subtracted infinities of any xthaere), gathered in mutual eclipse at the edges of this plaza—all at full size (some even dwarfing our own planet), yet somehow held within this very space. Whether causing or caused by such gathered forces, roughly where you stand right now
Plaza de la Luna (Plaza of the Moon) Marker - wide view image. Click for full size.
April 1, 2023
2. Plaza de la Luna (Plaza of the Moon) Marker - wide view
As noted on the marker, use of the portal is considered dangerous and fraught with peril, hence the constant police presence, as seen here, in order to limit the use of the portal to those with sufficient preparation or experience. Permission to use the portal can be obtained by saying to the nearest police officer, “Por favor, luna mí?” If any difficulties arise while attempting to enter the portal, simply tell an officer, “Por favor, aprieta mis lunas!”, and they will be happy to oblige.
was a rare and invaluable portal—a deceptively gentle gateway to the umbrasphaere—the connection between all the shadows, darkness and lightless places of the what we call the Earth.

Dangerous and fraught with peril, since the darkest part of one shadow formed a continuity with the darkest part of the next, the umbrasphaere was a powerful route of travel, even allowing surviving travelers to avoid almost all ywrengs (time frontiers). It was here at the Plaza de las Lunas, that Nobunaga-Ventreven, fresh from the lichen gwomes of what we call Soria, came to take the fastest route to pSegolene, a place too far to reach, but once there, only a short distance to just about anywhere else. There, he would find Eliala Mei-Ning, the woman whose voice was too beautiful to be concealed, and so leave his unique mark on the Battle of Some Times, where Kmpass, the Urgend God of Directionality, was defeated in his attempt to remove all complexity from the world. It is the Plaza de la Luna’s role in that journey and preserving the richness of Kcymaerxthaere that is celebrated each linear year here with the glory and chiaroscuro that defines the Festival of the Subtracted Moons.
 
Erected 2011 by Kcymaerxthaere.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Roads & Vehicles.
 
Location.
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40° 25.277′ N, 3° 42.319′ W. Marker is in Madrid. It is in Gran Vía. Marker is at the intersection of Plaza de la Luna and Calle de Tudescos, on the right when traveling east on Plaza de la Luna. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: Calle de Tudescos 4, Madrid 28004, Spain. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Asociación Española de Cooperación Europea (about 150 meters away, measured in a direct line); Hotel Florida (about 150 meters away); "Jacometrezo" (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Ramón de Mesonero Romanos (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Doña María de Miranda (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Francisco de Quevedo (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); María de Austria / Maria of Austria (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Real Academia Española / Royal Spanish Academy (approx. 0.4 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Madrid.
 
More about this marker. This was Kcymaerxthaere installation #079 and the fourth in linear Spain.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on April 1, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 1, 2023. This page has been viewed 84 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos:   1. submitted on April 1, 2023.   2. submitted on April 1, 2023, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.

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