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The Treaty of Aranjuez was signed on 3 June 1777 between France and Spain. Based on the terms of the treaty, the two countries agreed to define the border of their respective colonies on the island of Santo Domingo (also known as Hispaniola) in the Caribbean Sea , of which they shared ownership.
Fragmento del Mapa Topográfico Nacional de España de 2006 a escala 1:25 000 en el que se representa parte del término municipal de Aranjuez. El municipio de Aranjuez está situado en el extremo sur-sudeste de la Comunidad de Madrid, a 47 km al sur de Madrid 30 y a una altitud de 495 m s. n. m. 31 32 Su término municipal, de 201,11 km², es ...
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There are several theories about the origin of the name. The most widely-accepted one states that it comes from Basque and derives it from arantza ("hawthorn" in English). Another theory, attributed to Padre Martín Sarmiento, a Benedictine scholar who lived about a century after the founder of Aranjuez, Philip II of Spain, claims the origin to be f...
Early history
Alfonso VI took control of the territory near the Tagus, including Aranjuez, afer the 1085 conquest of the Taifa of Toledo.During the 12th century, Aranjuez (then known as Aranz, Aranzuel, Aranzuegue or Almuzundica) was a small hamlet under the influence of the castle of Oreja. Following the 1108 defeat of Castilian and Leonese forces by the Almoravids at Uclés, the area fell under Muslim control. Aurelia (Oreja) was retaken by Alfonso VII, the Emperor after the 1194 surrender of the besieged...
Development as Royal Site
Philip II declared the place a Royal Site in 1560. In the second half of the 16th century, the royal palace was constructed and the name of the enlarged settlement was changed from Alpajes to Aranjuez. The site was initially designed by Juan Bautista de Toledo and completed by Juan de Herrera. Aranjuez was extensively redesigned in the 18th century by Santiago Bonavía. In 1752, during the reign of Ferdinand VI Aranjuez, which was previously reservedfor the royal family, nobles of the royal co...
Late modern history
Railway transport arrived to Aranjuez on 9 February 1851, with the opening of the Madrid–Aranjuez line, the second in the Iberian Peninsula after Barcelona–Mataró (not the second in Spain, as the Havana–Güines line had been opened in Cuba in 1837). Aranjuez was granted the title of town (villa) in 1899. In the context of the 1936–1939 Spanish Civil War, Aranjuez remained under Republican control until the end of the conflict, becoming the headquarters of the 9th Division[es] of the Spanish Re...
The city was declared Conjunto Histórico-Artístico ("Historic Artistic Junction") in 1983. In 2001 UNESCO listed the Aranjuez Cultural landscape as a World Heritage Site.
The city of Aranjuez is governed by a single municipal authority, which, for convenience divides into the several administrative districts which in turn may contain residential estates (urbanizaciones): 1. Centro, includes the royal sites, the bullring and the historic town center, with central market and shopping 2. Vergel – Olivas, 3. Polígono de...
The main pillars of the local economy are hotels and tourism. Aranjuez has always been an attractive city for tourists with its Royal Palace, the gardens, the Tagus river and the landscapes. 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 recessi...
Print media
1. Heraldo de Aranjuez. 2. Tablón de Anuncios. 3. Consumo Digital. 4. Cuatro Esquinas. 5. Divergente. 6. El Espejo.
Radio stations
1. Onda Aranjuez, 107.8 FM. 2. Cadena Ser Aranjuez, 89.3 FM. 3. Onda Cero Aranjuez, 90.7 FM. 4. Radio Fuga, 92.1 FM.
The city has a long tradition of water sports due to its connection with the Tagus river, such as canoeing, stand-up paddleboarding and rowing. In the Olympic bid of Madrid for the 2012 Olympics, w...Aranjuez has a football team, Real Aranjuez C.F., which plays in the Local Stadium, called "El Deleite".Nearby Ocaña has a skydiving and gliding centre at the Aerodrome, and most of the skydivers there base themselves in Aranjuez.Aranjuez has 18 hole-golf course located on "The Mountain", which belongs to the Hotel Occidental Aranjuez.Francis, Duke of Cadiz, husband of queen Isabella II of Spain.Javier García Portillo, football player.Friedrich Schiller's drama Don Carlosstarts with the words "Die schönen Tage in Aranjuez sind nun zu Ende." Joaquín Rodrigo wrote the Concierto de Aranjuez(1939) for guitar and orchestra which was inspired by the royal gardens of Aranjuez and became one of the most famous orchestral compositions of the 20th century. The Austrian writer Peter Handke...
Traditions
In summer it is traditional to eat dinner in the picnic areas next to the Tagus river. These places are called gangos, a Spanish word used only in Aranjuez.
La historia de Aranjuez es la historia de una ciudad que, favorecida por su entorno natural y por su situación estratégica, ha sido protagonista de distintos momentos de la historia de España. Situada junto a la confluencia de los ríos Tajo y Jarama, su territorio ha estado poblado desde tiempos paleolíticos, aunque no fue hasta la Edad ...
El tratado fue firmado el 3 de junio de 1777 en la localidad madrileña de Aranjuez por el conde de Floridablanca, en nombre de Carlos III de España, y el marqués de Ossun, en representación de Luis XVI de Francia.
Spain. The Royal Palace of Aranjuez ( Spanish: Palacio Real de Aranjuez) is one of the official residences of the Spanish royal family. It is located in the town of Aranjuez ( Madrid ), Spain. Established in the 16th century as a royal hunting lodge, the palace was built by order of Philip II.
Nestling in the wide, flat-bottomed valley at the confluence of the Tagus (locally Tajo) and Jarama rivers, in an exquisite natural setting, the town of Aranjuez, has been declared a UNESCO Cultural Landscape World Heritage Site since 2001.
