A Walk Around Retiro Park, Madrid, Spain
The Buen Retiro Park (Spanish: Parque del Buen Retiro, literally Park of the Pleasant Retreat, or simply El Retiro) is one of the largest parks of the city of Madrid, Spain. The park belonged to the Spanish Monarchy until the late 19th century, when it became a public park.
In 1505, at the time of Isabella I (r. 1474–1504) the Jeronimos monastery was moved from an unsuitable location elsewhere to the present site of San Jeronimo el Real Church, and a new monastery built in Isabelline Gothic style. The royal family had a retreat built as part of the church.
Retiro Park is a large and popular (350 acres) park at the edge of the city centre, very close to the Puerta de Alcalá and not far from the Prado Museum. A magnificent park, filled with beautiful sculpture and monuments, galleries, a peaceful lake and host to a variety of events, it is one of Madrid's premier attractions. The park is entirely surrounded by the present-day city.
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Huge park in Madrid city center with miles of paths, lots of statues and monuments. You can rent a rowing boat in the lake or feed the ducks. Go and see the exhibition in Crystal Palace.
Definitely worth a visit when in Madrid and it does not matter whether it is winter or summer. It is beautiful in all seasons.
We visited the park end of the December, day before New Year celebration.
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A first-person perspective Madrid walk tour of Retiro Park (aka Buen Retiro Park), which translates to “Park of the Pleasant Retreat”. The park includes a large boating lake next to the Alfonso XII monument, the beautiful Cecilio Rodríguez and Rosaleda Rose Gardens, Crystal Palace glass pavilion, Plaza Parterre, as well as many sculptures and monuments.
FILMED: July 2018 (Weekday Late Afternoon / Early Evening)
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00:10 Alcalá Gate (Plaza de la Independencia)
00:25 Retiro Park Main Entrance
04:03 Galapagos Fountain
05:17, 12:16, 17:48, 01:05:12 Boating Lake
08:03, 15:41 Alfonso XII Monument (colonnade with an equestrian statue)
10:39, 01:03:56 Artichoke Fountain
12:51 Sphinxes Fountain
13:56 Large Anchor
21:41 Martínez Campos Monument
23:07 Florida Retiro (Entertainment Club)
23:15 Bust of Pedro Vargas
27:02 House of Beasts
29:59 Cecilio Rodríguez Garden
33:45 Cecilio Rodríguez Statue
34:30, 35:56 Peacocks and Peahens
40:01 Rosaleda Rose Garden
45:10 Fallen Angel Fountain
45:48 Open-air Gym
49:42, 59:16 Crystal Palace (Interior 51:58)
51:25, 58:17 Crystal Palace Lake with Water Fountain
01:01:13 Velázquez Palace
01:07:58 Plaza Parterre
01:12:04 Jacinto Benavente Statue
01:13:52 Sculptured Mediterranean Cypress Trees
01:14:36 Ángel Pulido Fernández Statue
01:16:33 Puerta de Felipe lV Entrance Gate
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Buen Retiro Park (Parque del Buen Retiro) is a large and popular 140 hectare park at the edge of the city centre, very close to the Puerta de Alcalá and not far from the Prado Museum. A magnificent park, filled with beautiful sculpture and monuments, galleries, a peaceful lake and host to a variety of events, it is one of Madrid's premier attractions.
King Philip II (r. 15561598) moved the Spanish court to Madrid in 1561. Philip had the Retiro enlarged by his architect Juan Bautista de Toledo, and formal avenues of trees were laid out.
The gardens were extended in the 1620s, when Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares, Philip IV's powerful favourite, gave the king several tracts of land in the vicinity for the Court's recreational use. Olivares determined to build, in a place that the king liked, a royal house which should be superior to those villas that Roman nobles had been setting up in the hilly outskirts of Rome during the previous century. Although this second royal residence was to be built in what were then outlying areas of Madrid, it was actually not far from the existing Alcázar or fortress residence, and the location in a cool, wooded area proved to be ideal.
In the 1630s, under the supervision of architects Giovanni Battista Crescenzi and Alonso Carbonell, several building were erected in great haste, two of which are still standing: the Casón del Buen Retiro which served as a ballroom, and the building that today houses the military museum, the Museo del Ejército, which includes the grand entrance hall, the Salón de Reinos (Hall of Kingdoms), its wall decorated with paintings by Velázquez and Zurbarán and frescoes by Luca Giordano.
The Count-Duke of Olivares commissioned the park in the 1630s, worked on by Cosimo Lotti, a garden designer who had worked under Bernardo Buontalenti on the layout of the Boboli Gardens for Cosimo I, Grand Duke of Tuscany. Water was a distinguishing trait of the garden from the outset: the great pond, Estanque del Retiro, which served as the setting for mock naval battles and other aquatic displays, the great canal, the narrow channel, the chamfered or bellflower pond, created —along with the chapels— the basic layout of the gardens. Buen Retiro was described as The world art wonder of the time, probably the last great creation of the Renaissance in Spain. Buen Retiro became the center of Habsburg court life at a time when Spain was the foremost power in the world.
The gardens were neglected after the death of Philip IV in 1665, but have been restored and changed on many occasions, notably after being opened to the public in 1767 and becoming the property of the municipality in 1868
Philip V (17001746) ordered the creation of a parterre, the only French-style garden in the complex.
The Buen Retiro Palace was used until the era of Charles III. Most of the palace was destroyed during the Peninsular War (18071814) with the First French Empire.
The reign of Queen Isabella II saw profound changes in the Retiro. During the queen's minority, the gardens enjoyed a particularly prosperous period, with the planting of shade and fruit trees, and previously unplanted areas like the Campo Grande, were landscaped as well. The gardens eventually passed to public ownership in 1868, at the time of the overthrow of Queen Isabella.
El Retiro gradually became the green heart of the city. At the beginning of the 20th century, the monument to Alfonso XII was erected next to the pond. Countless statues, fountains and commemorative monuments have filled the park and converted it into an open-air sculpture museum.
The nineteen-thirties and forties witnessed the creation of new gardens attributed to Chief Gardener Cecilio Rodriguez who designed and built the rose bed and the gardens that have been named to honor him.
Close to the northern entrance of the park is the Estanque del Retiro (Retiro Pond), a large artificial pond. Next to it is the monument to King Alfonso XII, featuring a semicircular colonnade and an equestrian statue of the monarch on the top of a tall central core.
The Rosaleda rose garden. Among the many rose bushes of all kinds stands the Fountain of the Falling Angel, erected in 1922, whose main sculpture El Angel Caído (at the top) is a work by Ricardo Bellver (18451924) inspired by a passage from John Milton's Paradise Lost [3], which represents Lucifer falling from Heaven. It is claimed that this statue is the only known public monument of the devil.
Since assuming its role as a public park the late 19th century, the Parque del Retiro has been used as avenue for various international exhibitions.
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Parque del Retiro (Buen Retiro Park) Madrid
The Buen Retiro Park (Spanish: Parque del Buen Retiro - El Retiro) is one of the largest parks of the city of Madrid, Spain.
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The Buen Retiro Park near the Prado Museum is a popular large (1.4 km2 ) park in Madrid. The park was originally laid out as a garden for the castle grounds Buen Retiro. Philip II (Felipe II) lived in the El Escorial palace northwest of the Madrid but during Lent and during hot spells, he retired into the monastery of San Jeronimo el Real. For this purpose, Gaspar de Guzmán, the Count-Duke of Olivares created a baroque palace complex and the gardens around the monastery.
At the same time, the Palacio Royal was set up, the Court moved in 1764.
During the conquest of Madrid by French troops in 1808, the castle and large parts of the monastery were destroyed or badly damaged. Only the Cason del Buen Retiro, which today is part of the Prado and the former throne room Salón de Reinos, which houses the Museo del Ejercito (the Army Museum), remained preserved.
After the fall of Isabel II in 1868, the park passed into the possession of the city and was extended to a recreational oasis. Since Madrid has domestically no beach, the water surface of the artificial pond, Estanque del Retiro and its banks are welcome spots to stay on a hot day. The densely planted park provides cooling by the shady trees.
The main entrance is the Puerta Felipe IV from 1690 which was brought here during the construction of the perimeter fence. Behind the Estanque del Retiro rises the national monument with the equestrian statue of King Alfonso XII. Spread over the park are several fountains, a rose garden, a museum of astronomy and an exhibition hall, which serves as a branch of the Museo National Centro de Arte Reina Sofia.
We enjoy life on this hot summer day near the water and leave the park through a side exit to Calle de Alcalá, at the end of which is the Plaza Indepencia with the Puerta de Alcalá, a former city gate of Madrid dating from 1778
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Der Retiro-Park unweit des Prado-Museums ist ein beliebter Park in Madrid. Der 1,4 km2 große Park wurde ursprünglich als Gärten für die Schlossanlagen Buen Retiro angelegt. Philipp II (Felipe II) lebte im Palast El Escorial nordwestlich von Madrid, doch während der Fastenzeit und während Hitzeperioden zog er sich in das Kloster San Jeronimo el Real zurück. Dazu ließ Gaspar de Guzmán, Graf von Olivares eine barocke Schlossanlage und die Gärten um das Kloster anlegen.
Gleichzeitig wurde auch der Palacio Royal errichtet, in den der Hof 1764 umzog.
Bei der Eroberung Madrids 1808 durch französische Truppen wurde das Schloss und große Teile des Klosters zerstört oder stark beschädigt. Lediglich der Casón del Buen Retiro, der heute Teil des Prado ist und der ehemalige Thronsaal Salón de Reinos, der das Museo del Ejercito (das Armemuseum) beherbergt, blieben erhalten.
Nach dem Sturz von Isabella II 1868 ging der Park in den Besitz der Stadt über und zu einer Freizeitoase ausgebaut. Da Madrid im Inland über keinen Strand verfügt, ist die Wasserfläche des künstlichen Sees, Estanque del Retiro, und seine Ufer an heißen Tagen ein willkommener Aufenthaltsort. Der dicht bepflanzte Park spendet auch durch den Schatten der Bäume Abkühlung.
Den Haupteingang bildet die Puerta Felipe IV aus dem Jahre 1690 die beim Bau der Umzäunung hierher versetzt wurde. Hinter dem See erhebt sich das Nationaldenkmal mit dem Reiterstandbild von König Alfons XII. Im Park verteilt sind mehrere Springbrunnen, ein Rosengarten, ein Museum für Astronomie und ein Ausstellungsgebäude das als Zweigstelle des Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia dient.
Wir genießen das Leben an diesem heißen Sommertag in der Nähe des Wassers und verlassen den Park durch einen Nebenausgang zur Calle de Alcalá, an deren Ende sich die Plaza Indepenciá mit der Puerta de Alcalá, einem ehemaligen Stadttor Madrids aus dem Jahre 1778 befindet.
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Parque del Buen Retiro l Retiro Park l Most Attractive Tourist Place in Madrid
The Buen Retiro Park (Spanish: Parque del Buen Retiro, literally Park of the Pleasant Retreat, or simply El Retiro) is one of the largest parks of the city of Madrid, Spain. The park belonged to the Spanish Monarchy until the late 19th century, when it became a public park.
The Buen Retiro Park is a large and popular 1.4 km2 (350 acres) park at the edge of the city centre, very close to the Puerta de Alcalá and not far from the Prado Museum. A magnificent park, filled with beautiful sculptures and monuments, galleries, a peaceful lake, and a host to a variety of events, it is one of Madrid's premier attractions. The park is entirely surrounded by the present-day city.
Madrid, Spain: El Retiro park - El parque del Retiro
The Retiro park is the green lung of Madrid. It is accesed through several gates. The main feature Inside the park is a pond with rowing boats and a monument to the king Alfonso XII. You can also find a 19th century iron cast green house facing a pond (palacio de Cristal) and Velazquez´s Palace, where contemporary art exhibitions are shown free of charge. There a lot of statues and monuments around the park, several gardens, the remains of the old zoo and even the ruins of a romanesque church transported from a vilalge in Castille.
El parque del Retiro es el pulmon verde de Madrid. Lo más característico del Retiro es el estanque con botes de remos y el monumento a Alfonso XII. En el parque también se encuentran el Palacio de Cristal (un antiguo invernadero de hierro forjado del siglo XIX) y el palacio de Velazquez. En ambos hay exposiciones gratuitas de arte contemporaneo. Hay un gran número de estatuas y monimentos, varios jardines e incluso las ruinas de una antigua iglesia románica transportada desde un pueblo castellano.
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Madrid's biggest green space has plenty of things to offer. Visit the lovely Palacio de Cristal and take a close look of the so called glass and iron architecture. Have a stroll through some exquisite elliptical French gardens and their own collection of century-old trees. Finally make the most out of the nice Spanish sunshine by spending the afternoon nearby the huge artificial lake, always crowded with seagulls and buskers. Renting a rowing boat is highly suggested: it's definitely one-of-a-kind experience!
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¿Sabías que El Retiro nació en el siglo XVII como lugar de descanso de la corte de Felipe IV? ¿Y que abrió sus puertas a los habitantes de la Villa con Carlos III, eso sí, siempre que acudieran bien vestidos? Hoy El Retiro, con sus casi 120 hectáreas y sus más de 20.000 árboles, es uno de nuestros grandes pulmones y uno de los lugares preferidos para oxigenarse sin salir de la capital. Pepa Romero nos invita a descubrir los rincones más secretos de nuestro parque histórico más importante: El Retiro.
Desde el árbol que esconde en sus raíces un libro y una foto enterrados en recuerdo a Marilyn Monroe, al huerto ciudadano al que acceden gratis 50 personas al año para aprender a cultivar y vivir una auténtica cosecha, pasando por las nuevas disciplinas deportivas que arrasan al aire libre, incluidas las madres que corren empujando el carrito de su bebé.
Acompañaremos también a los agentes del parque, encargados de informar y mantener el orden evitando, por ejemplo, que la gente trepe por los árboles, se tumbe en lugares prohibidos o se lance al estanque para sofocar su calor. Disfrutamos de uno de los clásicos conciertos de la Banda Sinfónica Municipal y conocemos también la historia de uno de los pocos herederos de los antiguos trabajadores de la Casa Real que recibían como beneficio el poder explotar los famosos quioscos de este parque.
Y por supuesto paseos en bici, un partido de kayak polo en pleno estanque, tarotistas, bailarines, magos, espontáneos, música en directo, y todos los planes que hacen de El Retiro un lugar único.
A Walk Around Retiro Park, Madrid
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Take a tour of Retiro Park in Madrid, Spain -- part of the World's Greatest Attractions travel video series by GeoBeats.
It is the main park of Madrid, Spain, and before 1868, only royalty could enjoy it.
Certainly parts of the park, like the Crystal Palace, are fit for a king.
This amazing glass building was once a greenhouse, but now frequently features temporary exhibitions.
The well-groomed and maintained gardens make this park a peaceful and lovely place to enjoy.
Retiro Park is home to other grand ornamented buildings as well.
There are also a number of fountains and statues.
Crowning Retiro Park is a glorious statue of Alfonso the twelfth, former King of Spain.
Parque del Retiro de Madrid (The Retiro Park, Madrid)
A visit in photos and music to: The Buen Retiro Park with a bit of history of this beautiful place, one of my favorites since my childhood in the Salamanca neighborhood of Madrid, just a stone throw away from this park. (Spanish: Parque del Buen Retiro, literally Park of the Pleasant Retreat, or simply El Retiro) is one of the largest parks of the city of Madrid, Spain. Although it was opened to the public in the mid 1700’s, the park belonged to the Spanish Monarchy until the late 19th century, when it became a public park.
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Una visita en fotos y música a: El Parque del Buen Retiro, con un poco de historia de este hermoso lugar, uno de mis lugares favoritos desde mi infancia en el barrio de Salamanca situado a uno de los lados de este parque. El Retiro es uno de los parques más grandes de la ciudad de Madrid, España. Aunque se abrió al público a mediados del siglo XVIII, el parque perteneció a la monarquía española hasta finales del siglo XIX, cuando se convirtió en parque público.
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Enjoy the peace and tranquility of the Buen Retiro Park from above. The Crystal Palace glitters in a lush green backdrop. The equestrian statue of King Alfonso XII watches over the Retiro Pond. Next to the magnificent park is the hustle and bustle of the central district. After the sunset, night life in Madrid just begins.
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