Manzanares Park

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Coordinates 40°24′10″N3°43′29″W / 40.402761°N 3.724623°W / 40.402761; -3.724623 (Punto central del Parque Lineal del Manzanares) Coordinates: 40°24′10″N3°43′29″W / 40.402761°N 3.724623°W / 40.402761; -3.724623 (Punto central del Parque Lineal del Manzanares)

Manzanares Park (in Spanish: Parque del Manzanares) is a large, 650 Ha. park in the south of Madrid, Spain. It follows the Manzanares River, backbone of the park, for fifteen km between the Casa de Campo and the town of Getafe. [1]

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The first part of the park was inaugurated on April 29, 2003. [2] The rest of the Park is under construction.

The most significant areas of the finished part are:

Project

The first stage of the project “the Linear Park on the River Manzanares” by Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura was completed in 2003. The geographical location of the park, south of Madrid, is crucial to the city, which is spreading progressively towards the Meseta and needs open ground to break the urban tissue and to provide citizens with contact with nature. The ambition of the project was to transform an area containing the capital's sanitation and electricity supply infrastructures into a major park that will also meet the recreational and sporting needs of the surrounding districts. The previous studies on the treatment of the river that begun as part of Madrid's sanitation plan were followed by Bofill's design project. The park is a natural, building free setting for outdoor sports such as jogging and biking, water related activities at a large rowing canal, and open air cultural activities and events. The project foresees covering the sewer exits at the northern end of the park and isolating the water purifiers and electricity plant to hide the installations from view and mask possible emanating smells.

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References

  1. ↑ "Manzanares Linear Park". Madrid Tourisme. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  2. ↑ Cavallo, R.; Komossa, S.; Marzot, N. (2014-04-25). New Urban Configurations. IOS Press. pp. 405–406. ISBN   978-1-61499-366-7.
  3. ↑ 2G: revista internacional de arquitectura (in Spanish). G. Gili. 2003. pp. 112–113. ISBN   978-84-252-1934-4.
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