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Aranjuez ( Spanish pronunciation: [aɾaŋˈxweθ] ⓘ) is a city and municipality of Spain, part of the Community of Madrid . Located in the southern end of the region, the main urban nucleus lies on the left bank of the Tagus, a bit upstream of the discharge of the Jarama. As of 2022, the municipality has a registered population of 59,762. [2]
- 201.11 km² (77.65 sq mi)
- Community of Madrid
- 495 m (1,624 ft)
- Spain
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 29 y a una altitud de 495 m s. n. m. 30 31 Su término municipal, de 201,11 km², es ...
The Aranjuez Cultural Landscape is a singular entity of complex and historic relationships between nature and human activity, the sinuous watercourses of the rivers and the geometrical design of the landscape, urban and rural life, and between the forest wildlife and the refined architecture. The Tagus and Jarama rivers are the two main ...
Historia de 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 ...
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A lo largo de trescientos años, los monarcas españoles se dedicaron a diseñar y cuidar este sitio, haciendo de él una muestra de la evolución de los conceptos de humanismo y centralización política, así como un paisaje en el que confluyen las características del jardín barroco francés del siglo XVIII con las del modo de vida urbano ...
In a fertile valley formed by the Tajo and Jarama River basins, the vast gardens of Spain's Aranjuez Palace became the site of Europe's most important collection of cultivated trees. Declared a royal site for the Spanish Crown in the late 15th century, this seminal cultural and scientific accomplishment became a leisure destination for the Royal Court during the 17th and 18th centuries.
Getting there. For centuries, the kings and queens of Spain have chosen to spend the spring months in the Palace of Aranjuez, situated in a low-lying meadow formed by the confluence of the Tagus and Jarama Rivers. Thanks to its vast, stunning gardens, Aranjuez was declared a World Heritage Site by Unesco in December 2001.
