The Wax Museum of Madrid

The old myths and legends tell us that we all have a double and that if we meet him one day, it would mean that our death is near.

In Germany, the cradle of that famous poet and poet, Goethe, they refer to this phenomenon, with the curious and melodic name of Doppelganger.

Although not exactly the same, certain texts, considered apocryphal, affirm that Jesus Christ himself had a twin brother, who received the name of Dídimo or Tomás, which meant precisely that: twin.

There are many cities that boast of having a fantastic Wax Museum, such as Madame Tussaud's, in France, with more or less exact replicas of relevant characters of the time and even of all ages.

The same goes for Madrid and its spectacular Wax Museum, located next to the Grand Casino and a few meters from a square, at the top of whose obelisk, Christopher Columbus points his arm in the direction of America.

In fact, Columbus is one of the characters that make up this magnificent collection, where reality, fantasy and fiction, surprise by its variety and the quality of its figures, although some of these raise doubts about the resemblance to the originals .

But even with the doubts that these details may generate in the viewer's opinion, it is still a true fact that he, as soon as he begins his visit, has the impression of making a trip through time and attending, as a privileged viewer, to the great events of history.

A History, that although it affects much more in the very vicissitudes of such an ancient and legendary country, such as the Iberian Peninsula, leaves gaps for a global History, where leaders and situations amalgamate to offer us a varied cultural panorama, whose main surprise It resides in the realism of the characters that you find as you visit the different rooms of the exhibition.

In fact, at the beginning of the visit, one recalls the incredible beauty of Elisabeth Taylor when she played her role as Cleopatra.

Or reconnect with the old Roman emperors, who somehow dominated over the known world of the time, until the split produced by the entrance of the Goths in Rome, initiators of a new dynasty of world rulers, eclipsed with the Muslim conquest of the Iberian Peninsula in the seventh century.

From this presence, there is even a beautiful trail in the Wax Museum, with characters such as the famous Harum al-Rashid, the Caliph of the Thousand and One Nights, surrounded by that subtle beauty intrinsic to the fountains and gardens in accordance with the fine Sacred geometry of Muslim alarifes.

References to the great geniuses of the Renaissance, such as Leonardo Da Vinci and his Universal Man, along with the great inventors of History.

The Spanish royal monarchies, with the Catholic Monarchs at the head and the great landmarks of the discovery of America, which meant so much for History, where the great American liberators are also echoed.

Great writers of all time, such as the so-called Generation of 27, to which he belonged, that sensitive little man, sitting in the front row, who was also a poet in New York: Federico García Lorca.

In front of the Romeo and Juliet and dramatists of the stature of Lope de Vega, the undisputed genius of the so-called 'Manco de Lepanto', Don Miguel de Cervantes, writes next to the panoramas of the mills, his great Hispanic epic, which is no other that his great work Don Quijote de la Mancha.

Art and drama of bullfighting, so badly seen today by environmentalists and animal advocates, but whose roots sink into the lost millennia of history, with a spectator the likes of Orson Welles in the coso, while attending to the tragic deaths of Manolete and Paquirri.

The Papacy, located with all folly in front of the intrinsic simplicity of the sacrament presided by a arrogant Jesus Christ, who seems to look, with eternal melancholy, the Passover Lamb who has to predict his tragic destiny on the cross.

Sports and elite athletes, winners in the top competitions of their discipline, share the spotlight with the great characters of the Far West and the brilliant creations of the Marvel, whose heroes, Superman, Spiderman or Batman, seem not to take their eyes off the world politicians , protagonists of a story, still valid in some cases.

Terror, apart from the train of the same name, a small delight of scares especially dedicated to children, with the great characters of the universal myths: the Werewolf, Dracula, the Mummy or Doctor Jeckyll and Mr Hyde, who serves as Share the magic of Captain Jack Sparrow and the pirates of the Caribbean.

George Clooney and the great comedians, such as the Marx Brothers, who do not lose sight of a lush Marilyn Monroe, dressed in bright sunset.

The great criminals of the History of Spain, who share the stage with those romantic bandits who assaulted travelers in the mountains of Andalusia, while the Inquisition put into practice the terrible Judgments of God, sometimes seasoned by the cries of agony of the damned .

And there, appearing from the most unknown of the subconscious's substrates, that nightmare character, Freddy Krueger, emerged, as commented by its creator, Wes Craven, from a terrible real case, which he had occasion to witness.

In short, a place that is worth knowing and where to get carried away by a multitude of feelings, which will make an unforgettable day, whether you go alone or accompanied.

And best of all: if you're not famous, it's hard for you to meet your double. Of course, folks, one can never be sure of the machinations of fate.

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