{"id":2352,"date":"2011-02-15T21:50:14","date_gmt":"2011-02-15T21:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=2352"},"modified":"2011-02-15T21:50:14","modified_gmt":"2011-02-15T21:50:14","slug":"la-pared-de-roberto-una-leyenda-de-la-palma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/la-pared-de-roberto-una-leyenda-de-la-palma\/","title":{"rendered":"La Pared de Roberto, una leyenda de la Palma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Acabamos de celebrar \u00a0una fecha mundialmente conocida como San Valent\u00edn, o D\u00eda de los Enamorados (aunque yo prefiero llamarlo \u201cSan Corte Ingl\u00e9s&#8221;, ya que en Espa\u00f1a fueron unos grandes almacenes los que adoptaron esta fiesta para hacer negocio), as\u00ed que voy a compartir con vosotros algunas leyendas que han dejado huella en nuestra geograf\u00eda.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Traslad\u00e9monos a la isla de La Palma para conocer La pared de Roberto:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">En la cumbre del Roque de los Muchachos, existe una estructura rocosa, cerca de la cual se reun\u00edan los habitantes de pueblos cercanos para discutir sobre asuntos pol\u00edticos y sociales, as\u00ed como para observar las estrellas, al ser un lugar id\u00f3neo. Cuentan los ancianos de la isla que dicha pared rocosa fue construida en una sola noche por el mismo diablo, celoso de la felicidad de dos j\u00f3venes amantes. Esta pareja se reun\u00eda junto a un cedro cada atardecer, hasta el d\u00eda en que pudiesen unirse en matrimonio. Hasta que cierto d\u00eda, un enfurecido Lucifer levant\u00f3 la pared de Roberto, nombre con que se conoce al diablo en La Palma, por lo que los amantes, que cada uno proced\u00eda de una localidad distinta, no pudieron reunirse. El joven recorri\u00f3 toda la pared, e incluso intent\u00f3 escalarla, y al ver que era in\u00fatil, grit\u00f3:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8220;Va el alma por pasar&#8221;, m\u00e1s solo le contest\u00f3 el viento. Desesperado volvi\u00f3 a gritar &#8220;va el alma y el cuerpo por pasar&#8221;. De repente brotaron llamas infernales, se abri\u00f3 el abismo, y a \u00e9l cayeron tanto el joven enamorado como el cedro que ocultaba sus encuentros. En ese mismo instante se abri\u00f3 una brecha en la pared que permit\u00eda el paso, que se puede observar a\u00fan hoy d\u00eda.\u00a0 Al d\u00eda siguiente unos pastores encontraron el cad\u00e1ver de la joven, que fue enterrada junto a la pared maldita. Desde ese d\u00eda, sobre su tumba nace el pensamiento azul (Viola palmensis), flor que adopt\u00f3 el mismo color que los ojos de la doncella.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"1\/3. Leyenda de La Pared de Roberto. 1er microrelato en el sendero de la cumbre de La Palma\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ILXxXEZQuys?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">We have just celebrated a date known throughout the world as St Valentine&#8217;s Day (though I prefer calling it &#8220;St. Corte Ingles&#8217; Day&#8221;, because in Spain it was this big department store that promoted the holiday to increase their business), so I am going to share with you some legends that have left their mark on our landscape.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Let&#8217;s go \u00a0to the island of La Palma to find out about Roberto&#8217;s wall:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In the summit of The Roque of the Boys (a volcanic plug), there is a rocky formation, near which the inhabitants of nearby villages used to meet to discuss political and social matters, as well as to observe the stars, being a perfect location for that. The elders of the island say that the mentioned rocky wall was built in only one night by the devil himself, jealous of the happiness of two young lovers. This couple met next to a cedar tree every late afternoon, until the day in which they could be married. But one day, a furious Lucifer raised Roberto&#8217;s wall, name by which the devil is known in La Palma, so that the lovers, each one coming from a different place, could not meet. The young man explored the entire wall, and even tried to climb it, but \u00a0being aware that it was pointless, he shouted:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8220;The soul for crossing! &#8220;, but only the wind answered him. Desperate, he shouted once more &#8220;the soul and the body for crossing!&#8221;. Suddenly, there sprouted infernal flames, an abyss was opened, and both the young lover and the cedar tree that concealed their meetings fell into it. At the same moment a gap was opened in the wall making it possible to cross, which can still be seen today. The following day a few shepherds found the corpse of the young woman, who was buried close to the damned wall. From this day on, blue pansies grow on her tomb (Viola palmensis), a flower that adopted the same color as the maiden&#8217;s eyes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Acabamos de celebrar \u00a0una fecha mundialmente conocida como San Valent\u00edn, o D\u00eda de los Enamorados (aunque yo prefiero llamarlo \u201cSan Corte Ingl\u00e9s&#8221;, ya que en Espa\u00f1a fueron unos grandes almacenes los que adoptaron esta fiesta para hacer negocio), as\u00ed que voy a compartir con vosotros algunas leyendas que han dejado huella en nuestra geograf\u00eda. 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