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  1. whc.unesco.org › en › listAranjuez Cultural Landscape - UNESCO World Heritage Centre

    The process of transformation dates back to the reign of Philip II when, with the influence of the Crown and the wealth of nature as the determining elements, Aranjuez was established as a Real Sitio (Royal Site) in the sixteenth century.

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  2. www.worldheritagesite.org › list › AranjuezAranjuez | For UNESCO World Heritage Travellers

    It started out as the Royal Site of King Philip II in the 16th century, with a private country palace and extensive waterworks using the waters of the adjacent Tagus and Jarama rivers. In the 18th century, it was further enlarged with a town and roads by using geometric principles, with lines of trees as one of the most prominent characteristics.

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  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Royal_Palace_of_AranjuezRoyal Palace of Aranjuez - Wikipedia

    The palace, gardens and associated buildings are part of the Aranjuez Cultural Landscape, which was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2001. Currently it houses a museum on the ground floor, the royal rooms and gardens are open to the public and its management is entrusted to the public agency Patrimonio Nacional .

  5. www.spainthisway.com › places › aranjuezAranjuez, Spain: Royal residence and UNESCO World Heritage Site

    It was in 1178 that Ferdinand and Isabelle converted Aranjuez into a Royal site and it has been the spring residence of the Spanish royal family since the 19th century. The Royal Palace of Aranjuez was built in the 16th century.

  6. unescoworld.com › heritage › aranjuez-cultural-landscapeAranjuez Cultural Landscape - UNESCO World Heritage

    The Aranjuez cultural landscape is an entity of complex relationships: between nature and human activity, between sinuous watercourses and geometric landscape design, between the rural and the urban, between forest landscape and the delicately modulated architecture of its palatial buildings. Three hundred years of royal attention to the development and care of this landscape have seen it ...

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  8. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › AranjuezAranjuez - Wikipedia

    In 2001 this city was designated as a World Heritage Cultural landscape by UNESCO, and since then, tourism has kept on increasing until hit by the 2008 recession.

  9. gov.texas.gov › first-lady › postSpanish Heritage | Office of the Texas Governor | Greg Abbott

    May 9, 2015 · The four southernmost Spanish colonial missions—Concepción, San José, San Juan and Espada—are included in the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park and have been nominated to become a World Heritage Site.