Parque del Buen Retiro

Parque del Buen Retiro · Madrid

Por Spain · 18 de enero de 2026

Situated in the heart of Madrid, its origins date back to the reign of Philip IV, when the Buen Retiro Palace was built on the initiative of the Count-Duke of Olivares. During the reign of Charles III, the Astronomical Observatory and the Royal Porcelain Factory of the Buen Retiro were added.

During the reign of Ferdinand VII, the jetty on the lake and the Casa de Fieras were built. Among the park’s most notable features are the large pond with the monument to Alfonso XII, the Casa de Velázquez and the Palacio de Cristal, the Rose Garden, and the Parterre, which is home to one of Madrid’s oldest trees, the Taxodium mucronatum. In 1935, it was declared a Garden of Historical and Artistic Value.

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