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• El Capricho Park in Alameda de Osuna. Madrid.

  Arts and culture | [Parks and gardens]

  … Paseo Alameda de Osuna s/n. 28042. Madrid. www.esmadrid.com. It was created in the late 18th century by the Countess-Duchess of Benavente. This park is one of the most outstanding and unique examples of the landscape garden in Spain. It is a setting replete with romanticism, combining Italian and Fr…

• Juan Carlos I Park. Madrid.

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  … Glorieta S.A.R. Don Juan de Borbón y Battemberg. s/n. 28042. Madrid. E-mail: parquejuancarlos@madrid.es . www.madrid.es. This park was built between 1990 and 1992, aiming to become an emblematic site in the city of Madrid, which had been named European Cultural Capital in 1992. The park also has lei…

• Quinta de la Fuente del Berro Park. Madrid.

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  … Calle Alcalde Sáinz de Baranda s/n, (Avenida de la Paz). 28028. Madrid. www.madrid.es. The origins of these gardens date back to 1631, when the owner of the land, the Duke of Frías, sold a large piece of property to Philip IV. It had a wealth of orchards and abundant water from a spring that irrigat…

• Buen Retiro Park. Madrid.

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  … Plaza de la Independencia s/n. 28014. Madrid. www.esmadrid.com.   Located in the heart of Madrid, its origins date from the reign of Philip IV, when the Buen Retiro Palace was built by the Count-Duke of Olivares. The Astronomical Observatory and the Buen Retiro Royal Porcelain Factory were added dur…

• Royal Botanical Garden. Madrid.

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  … Plaza de Murillo 2. 28014. Madrid. Fax.: +34 914200157 | E-mail: inforjb@rjb.csic.es. www.rjb.csic.es. The Royal Botanical Garden was founded by Ferdinand VI in 1755, and was designed by the architects Francisco Sabatini and Juan de Villanueva. Some of its most interesting features include the gates…

• Parque del Oeste park. Madrid.

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  … Calle Ruperto Chapí. 28008. Madrid. Fax.: +34 915489518 | www.esmadrid.com. This area has a vast scenic network of winding, twisting avenues and paths. The Rosaleda garden was created and planted in 1956, in an area of gently rolling terrain known as La Llana, covering 18,000 square metres. It is in…

• Sabatini Gardens. Madrid.

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  … Calle Bailén s/n, (Cuesta de San Vicente). 28013. Madrid. www.esmadrid.com. A Neoclassical-style garden in keeping with the Oriente Palace, which has given distinction to an area that in years gone by was used for a humbler purpose, i.e., the stables. While the new Oriente Palace was being built, th…

• Palacio de Cristal greenhouse in La Arganzuela. Madrid.

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  … Paseo de la Chopera 10. 28045. Madrid. www.madrid.es. In 1992, the facilities of this greenhouse were opened to the public. It contains nearly 1,200 plant species belonging to 100 families, divided into four areas: subtropical, tropical I and tropical II, and cacti and succulents, with rare specimen…

• Campo del Moro Gardens. Madrid.

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  … Paseo Virgen del Puerto s/n. 28005. Madrid. Fax.: +34 915426947 | E-mail: info@patrimonionacional.es. http://www.esmadrid.com. It is located between the Manzanares River and the Royal Palace. It possibly owes its name to the fact that it was the site of a camp established by the Muslim armies who la…

• Casita del Príncipe (Prince's House) in El Pardo. Madrid.

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  … Paseo de El Pardo s/n. 28048. Madrid. Fax.: +34 913760452 | +34 913761287 | E-mail: info@patrimonionacional.es . www.patrimonionacional.es. In the reign of Charles III, the El Pardo Palace was remodelled by Sabatini. Villanueva was commissioned to design a small house for the then-Prince Charles, wh…

• Casa de Campo park. Madrid.

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  … Avenida de Portugal (Parque Casa de Campo) s/n. 28011. Madrid. www.esmadrid.com. This is an enormous green area covering 1,722 hectares, located just outside of Madrid. The property, located opposite a projection over the Manzanares River, had belonged to the noble Vargas family. Philip II acquired …

• El Pardo Royal Palace gardens. Madrid.

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  … Calle Manuel Alonso ( Palacio Real) s/n. 28048. Madrid. Fax.: +34 913760452 | +34 913761287 | E-mail: info@patrimonionacional.es . www.patrimonionacional.es. In front of the palace, along its main façade, is a large forecourt with ornamental flower beds. Flanking this garden are areas with a natural…

• La Quinta Palace Gardens. Madrid.

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  … Monte de El Pardo (Palacio de la Quinta). 28048. Madrid. E-mail: infoelpardo@patrimonionacional.es. www.patrimonionacional.es. The House of the Duke of Arco, Philip V's Head Huntsman and the Governor of El Pardo, is located in the vast royal hunting grounds around the Manzanares River, and was built…

• Príncipe Garden. Aranjuez.

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  … Plaza de Parejas s/n. 28300. Aranjuez. Madrid. Fax.: +34 918921532 | www.patrimonionacional.es. The Prince’s Garden is the sole example of the "landscape style" in a royal Spanish garden. It was built by the Prince of Asturias, the future Charles IV over the period between 1772 and 1804. The signatu…

• Jardín de la Isla Garden. Aranjuez.

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  … Plaza de Parejas s/n. 28300. Aranjuez. Madrid. Fax.: +34 918921532 | E-mail: info@patrimonionacional.es. www.patrimonionacional.es. It is located to the north of the Royal Palace at Aranjuez. It was built by Philip II, and is a unique example of a Spanish Renaissance garden. It is laid out along a l…

• Jardín del Rey Garden. Aranjuez.

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  … Plaza de Parejas s/n. 28300. Aranjuez. Madrid. Fax.: +34 918921532 | www.patrimonionacional.es. The design of Royal Palace at Aranjuez included plans for two gardens to be located adjoining the building: one facing north, the Queen's Garden, and the other facing south, the King's Garden. Only this l…

• Park and garden of the Casita del Príncipe (Prince's House). San Lorenzo de El Escorial.

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  … Avenida de los Reyes Católicos s/n. 28280. San Lorenzo de El Escorial. Madrid. Fax.: +34 918907818 | E-mail: infoescorial@patrimonionacional.es. www.patrimonionacional.es. These treasures of Spanish architecture were created in 1774 by the architect Juan de Villanueva for the Prince of Asturias, the…

• Gardens of the San Lorenzo Monastery in El Escorial. San Lorenzo de El Escorial.

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  … Avenida de Juan de Borbón y Battemberg s/n. 28200. San Lorenzo de El Escorial. Madrid. Fax.: +34 918907818 | E-mail: info@patrimonionacional.es. www.patrimonionacional.es. The gardens extend through the monastery's main cloister, known as the Evangelists' Courtyard (Patio de los Evangelistas), as we…