The Campo Grande in the Retiro park of Madrid !!!

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We are back to my dear Madrid again !! love it !! We came by car of course and took time to see old repeats as never tired of them in my Madrid! I came again with my boys and dog Rex, and it was a thrill as usual! I like to tell you more of Madrid to heaven and a hole in the sky to look down on it everyday !!! Let me take you to the Campo Grande in the Retiro park of Madrid !!! Sit back and enjoy with me the next several posts ; and hope you enjoy it as I,

The city of Madrid is the capital of the kingdom of Spain, and located in the Comunidad de Madrid region From my latest escapes it is 211 km from Valladolid City , 198 km from our rental house in Velliza, 183 km from Tordesillas, 172 km from Rueda, 159 km from Medina del Campo, and 199 km from Simancas, We made long walks all over the City , and took the metro when necessary, three times. I love to tell you of our latest escape to the wonderful City, for the memories of always and return, eventually. This another must for me while in the City it is huge and beautiful wonderful nature in the center of Madrid with many things to do and see !

This time walking from our parking I got my boys thru a new entry to the Retiro Park, This is the Puerta Mariano de Cavia that is on the side that gives to the Avenida Menéndez Pelayo, corner with Calle Esteban de Villegas.It has access stairs since there is an important slope on this site so good footing is needed, the gate is covered in brick with its corresponding iron door. There is a plaque on the gate with the figure of Mariano de Cavia, a very important journalist in his time concerned about the purity of Spanish. At present, the ABC newspaper annually grants the Mariano de Cavia award.

Madrid Retiro park puerta mariano de cavia entr jun24

I,also, took them to a new spot in the wonderfully huge Parque del Buen Retiro!!

The Campo Grande or big field, a landscape paysagiste and seeing the land and trees around it nothing remind you of the wasteland used as a minor hunting preserve with great abundance of hares. Then ,it also had a navigable channel, called El Mallo, which, born in the Entanque or big pond, toured it through its northern ends, east and south until it reached the hermitage of San Antonio de los Portuguese, the greatest of the good retreat and which was demolished to take advantage of the site and build in it the Royal Porcelain Factory of China. This, in turn, was occupied by the French during the War of Independence (1808-1814) and destroyed when the English blew it, later erecting, instead, the Fuente del Angel Caido (see post) or fallen angel. It would be during the reign of Isabel II, when the Campo Grande would be populated with trees that would be arranged geometrically through walks that would cross it diagonally and that, in the places of crossing ,they would form circular squares. In 1870, various modifications are carried out in the El Retiro set in order to place some English gardens inside, of which it lacked until then, and increase its woodland, reaching the turn for the Campo Grande in 1878, when its geometric lines are modified to, thanks to the existing slopes, open curved walks, place meadows and create a estuary of irregular shapes, thus adopting the landscape character that it has maintained so far. At the end of the 19C, on the occasion of the National Mining Exhibition held in 1883 and, subsequently, with the Philippines of 1887, the land would be again modified with the construction of the Palacio de Velázquez and Palacio de Cristal (see posts), in addition to the pond of the latter palace last. In the center of El Retiro , the Campo Grande is delimited to the north by the Paseo de Venezuela, which separates it from the big pond; to the east, on the Paseo de Fernán Núñez; to the south, by the Paseo de Uruguay; and to the west, for the Paseo de la República de Cuba.

Madrid Retiro park el campo grande entr jun24

The Madrid tourist office on the Retiro park: https://www.esmadrid.com/en/tourist-information/parque-del-retiro

The Comunidad de Madrid tourist office on the parks and gardens of Madrid : https://turismomadrid.es/en/to-see-and-do/leisure/parks-and-gardens.html

There you go folks , another wonderful nostalgic, sentimental trip to my dear Spain, Madrid is always nostalgic sentimental words cannot describe it ! This is a vibrant cosmopolitan cities of friendly faces and smiles to share in long conversations about life and more ; I love it, And these places are part of my life forever ! We will be back here,eventually! Again, hope you enjoy this post on the Campo Grande in the Retiro park of Madrid !!! as I

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

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I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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