Madrid

El Pardo is
a very famous Palace in Madrid, its origin is a village. Later it began as a hunting area for Kings around the sixteenth century. Then they began to build houses which turned into a Royal Palace.

It was not until the nineteenth century when El Pardo became a place to be ocupied by common people and in 1950 it joined the city of Madrid.

The village contains a number of residential areas and royal gardens and several monasteries and chapels. His church is a sober and elegant classical style. Between 1940 and 1975, El Pardo Palace was the residence of the head of state Francisco Franco, but now it is a currently hosting palace for foreign heads of state visiting Spain.

The Retiro Park

It is a popular park located in the centre of the city. At the beginning it was a palace built by Philip IV and an area for the Royal family to enjoy. Now it belongs to everybody, especially on Sundays