Madrid celebrates this Monday, October 12, the National Holiday Day of Spain with the traditional military parade, which will be presided over by Kings Felipe VI and Letizia. The main event will begin at 11:00 a.m. and will bring together nearly 4,400 participants from the Armed Forces, security forces and different public institutions.
The parade will go through the Paseo del Prado and Paseo de Recoletos, from the roundabout of Emperor Charles V to Plaza de Colón. The day will include military honors to the Kings, the raising of the flag, tribute to the fallen and the traditional aerial and ground parades.
Among the protagonists will be the paratroopers in charge of carrying the flag of Spain and the Blackbird Trainingwhich will fly over Madrid again. The deployment will also have fifty airplanes, thirty helicopters and more than a hundred military vehicles.
The celebration comes in full political news, a few weeks before the general elections of November 29. Attention will also be focused on the presence of institutional representatives, the absences and the reactions of the main political leaders during official events.
The Madrid City Council anticipates the attendance of some 80,000 peopleso a special security and mobility device has been prepared. The day will continue with other institutional events and cultural activities organized in the capital on the occasion of Hispanic Heritage Day.