Palacio del buen retiro madrid

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In the surrounding area you can rent a bicycle to enjoy the park on wheels. And if you are looking for a place to make a ‘technical stop’, you can take a break in one of its kiosks or terraces.

Occasionally, El Retiro and eight other parks in the city (El Capricho, Sabatini Gardens, the Rosaleda del Parque del Oeste, Juan Carlos I and Juan Pablo II parks, Quinta de Fuente del Berro, Quinta de los Molinos and Quinta de Torre Arias) may find themselves with marked areas or temporarily closed in application of the Madrid City Council’s weather alert protocol.

The Dehesa de la Villa and Parque del Oeste are not included in the protocol, as they cannot be closed, but in cases of alert it is advisable to take extreme precautions and, in cases of red alert, not to visit them.

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History of retiro park madrid

Philip IV was in the habit of staying at times in a room attached to the convent of San Jerónimo «el Real» (near the present Prado Museum), which was called the «Cuarto Real» (Royal Quarters). The reason for this fact can be found in the fact that the so-called Planet King found it especially pleasurable to stroll around the adjoining estate, property of his favourite, the Count-Duke of Olivares.

The new king of the House of Bourbon, Philip V, arrived in Madrid in 1701 and settled in the old and solemn Royal Alcazar. However, he soon preferred to live in the Buen Retiro Palace, which with its less medieval appearance and its proximity to the gardens surely reminded him of the palaces of Versailles and Marly, where he had spent his childhood.

However, the palace was far from having the classicist French baroque architecture that the king liked. It was then decided to seek the advice of the famed Robert de Cotte, chief architect of Versailles after Mansart’s death. De Cotte planned to cover the old palace with new French facades, Philip V, for his part, considered that it would be better to build a building ex novo.

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The palace had its origin in the order given by Philip II to Luis de Vega to create a royal room around the church of San Jeronimo, to which the monarch could retire during periods of Lent, penance or mourning. Let us not forget how pious the Prudent King was.

The new suburban residence (of which the Casón was part) of the monarch was built following the model of the square-plan citadel with corner towers crowned by spires and a large central courtyard used since the time of Philip II. But the lack of a general project in the conception of the royal site and the haste of Olivares to finish the works resulted in a disjointed palace lacking a main axis.

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DescripciónInformaciónEs, junto con el Casón del Buen Retiro, el edificio más característico que se conserva del gran conjunto palaciego conocido como Real Sitio y Palacio del Buen Retiro.  Construido entre 1630 y 1635, albergó las mejores pinturas, la mayoría de las cuales se encuentran hoy en el Museo del Prado. El Salón debe su nombre a los escudos de los 24 reinos pertenecientes a la Monarquía Española bajo Felipe IV que están pintados allí. También se llama Museo del Ejército, por la institución que albergaba sus colecciones hasta el reciente traslado al Alcázar de Toledo.

Inicialmente fue concebido como escenario para que los reyes vieran las representaciones teatrales que se celebraban en el patio. Cuando se decidió convertir el Buen Retiro en un verdadero palacio, se utilizó también como salón del trono. Numerosas ventanas proporcionan al salón luz natural, está amueblado con mesas de jaspe decoradas con leones de plata y el techo abovedado está cubierto de frescos que representan grotescos dorados. Las paredes estaban llenas de decoraciones pictóricas con simbolismo político, cuyo objetivo final era la alabanza del rey Felipe IV.