Juan Carlos I Park

Juan Carlos I Park (Spanish: Parque Juan Carlos I) is a major municipal park in Madrid, Spain. The park was named after King Juan Carlos I.[1] The park contains many modern sculptures.[2]

Juan Carlos I Park
Parque Juan Carlos I
Juan Carlos I Park
Juan Carlos I Park
Coordinates40.46011°N 3.60605°W / 40.46011; -3.60605
Area160 ha (400 acres)
Created1992 (1992)
Operated byCity of Madrid

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]

Sculptures 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

  1. Scolovsky, Jerome (10 October 2007). "Spain's Royal Family Under Fire". National Public Radio. Retrieved 12 March 2009.
  2. "Juan Carlos I, un parque arquitectónico" (in Spanish). El Mundo. 26 December 1998. Archived from the original on 2 June 2002. Retrieved 12 March 2009.
  3. "METROROCK." El País. 23 June 2006. Retrieved on 12 March 2009.
Preceded by
Mandalay Bay
Fed Cup
Final Four venue

2001
Succeeded by
Palacio de Congresos de Maspalomas
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