King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia inaugurated the memorial -- a glittering cylinder of glass brick -- less than a month after 29 suspects went on trial in the attack that ripped apart four rush-hour trains approaching Madrid's Atocha railway station.On a sunny spring day, relatives of victims and survivors bowed their heads in silence as the king laid a wreath at the foot of the 11-metre tower -- its height a reference to the date Spain suffered its worst peace-time attack.
The tower's architects -- five friends working on their first commission -- said the design's main ingredient was light.—Reuters