Garden · Madrid
Montaña Artificial del Buen Retiro
Today: Montaña de los Gatos, Madrid
- Place
- Madrid
- Kind
- Garden
- Built
- 1817
- What remains
- Standing
- Visiting
- Not checked
An artificial hill begun in 1817, when Fernando VII closed the Reservado of the Retiro to the public for his family, designed by Isidro González Velázquez. It is also known as the Montaña de los Gatos. In 1986 there were plans to pull it down because of its decay, and it was restored instead.
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