The geographical location of this park has become a landmark for Madrid.
As the urban sprawl spills over onto the surroundings plains, the city
needs breathing spaces to relieve congestion, areas where citizens can
find leisure and enjoy nature. The river Manzanares is ideal for this
purpose and its riverbank has been turned into a large metropolitan
park. The restructuring project takes in an area of 7 km by 600 metres
(500 hectares in all) and includes channelling the river and landscaping
the whole riverside.