Casa de Campo

This article is about the Spanish urban park. For the Dominican resort, see Casa de Campo, Dominican Republic.

Lake of Casa de Campo with España square behind.

Fountain of the Triangle in Casa de Campo.

The Casa de Campo (for Spanish: Country House) is the largest urban park situated west of central Madrid, (Spain). It was formerly a royal hunting estate. Its area is more than 1,700 hectares (6.6 sq mi).^{[citation needed]}

Vertical view over the park from the cable-car

An amusement park, the Parque de Atracciones de Madrid, and the Madrid Zoo are located inside the park. It is common for families from Madrid to spend days in the park, enjoying the nice weather and looking at the wildlife that may be seen around (mostly squirrels, rabbits and different kinds of birds). Near the lake there was a lot of prostitution in recent times.

In 1936–39, during the Spanish Civil War, the front lines of the Siege of Madrid ran through the Casa de Campo, where the Republicans had halted a nationalist offensive in November 1936.

See also

• Madrid Arena
• Madrid Zoo
• Parque de Atracciones de Madrid

External links

• Parque de Atracciones de Madrid (in Spanish)
• Zoo de Madrid (in Spanish)