Juan Carlos I Park
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| Juan Carlos I Park | |
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| Parque Juan Carlos I | |
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| Area | 160 ha (400 acres) |
| Created | 1992 |
| Operated by | City of Madrid |
Juan Carlos I Park (Spanish: Parque Juan Carlos I) is the main municipal park in Madrid, Spain. The park was named after King Juan Carlos I.[1] The park contains many modern sculptures.[2]
The architects and urban designers are Jose Luis Esteban Penelas and Emilio Esteras Martín.
The Music MetroRock festival is regularly held at the Juan Carlos park.[3]
Scultpures of Juan Carlos I Park
- Fingering (Mario Irarrázaval, Chile, 1994)
- Meetings (Mustafa Arruf, Spain, 1998)
- Eolos (Paul van Hoeydonck, Belgium, 1992)
- Space Mexico (Andres Casillas and Margarita Garcia Cornejo, Mexico, 1992)
- Fisicromía to Madrid (Carlos Cruz Diez, Venezuela, 1992)
- Tribute to Agustín Rodríguez Sahagún (Toshimitsu Imai, Japan, 1992)
- Tribute to Galileo Galilei (Amadeo Gabino, Spain, 1992)
- Tribute to the victims of the Holocaust (Samuel Nahon Bengio, Israel, 2007)
- The songs of the Crossroads (Leopoldo Maler, Argentina, 1992)
- Manolona Opus 397 (Miguel Berrocal, Spain, 1992)
- Monument to Don Juan (Victor Ochoa, Spain, 1994)
- Monument to Peace (Yolanda D'Augsburg, Brazil, 1992)
- My Sky Hole / Madrid (Bukichi Inoue, Japan, 1992)
- Blue Passage (Arghira Alexandru, Romania, 1992)
- Walk between two trees (Jorge Castillo, Spain, 1995)
- Untitled (Dani Karavan, Israel, 1992)
- Untitled (José Miguel Utande, Spain, 1992)
- Inner journey (Michael Warren, Ireland, 1992)
- Beam (Jorge du Bon, Mexico, 1992)
References
- ↑ Scolovsky, Jerome. "Spain's Royal Family Under Fire." National Public Radio. 10 October 2007. Retrieved on 12 March 2009.
- ↑ "Juan Carlos I, un parque arquitectónico." El Mundo. 26 December 1998. Retrieved on 12 March 2009.
- ↑ "METROROCK." El País. 23 June 2006. Retrieved on 12 March 2009.
External links
- Parque Juan Carlos I (Spanish)
| Preceded by | Fed Cup Final Four venue 2001 |
Succeeded by Palacio de Congresos de Maspalomas |
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