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Madrid City Council Considers Opening El Capricho Park on Weekdays

The measure, planned for after summer, aims to expand access to this emblematic garden with reduced capacity to ensure its preservation.

Generic image of a historic garden with classical architectural elements.
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Generic image of a historic garden with classical architectural elements.

The Madrid City Council is evaluating the possibility of opening El Capricho Park on weekdays starting after the summer, with very restricted capacity to ensure the conservation of this historic garden.

Currently, access to this emblematic green space in Alameda de Osuna is limited to weekends and holidays, with a maximum of 1,000 simultaneous visitors. The municipal proposal, as announced by Borja Carabante, delegate for Mobility, Urban Planning and Environment, during a visit to the park, contemplates opening from Tuesday to Sunday, dedicating Mondays to maintenance work.
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"What we are evaluating is opening the park on weekdays for small groups, greatly limiting the number of people to keep it in the best conditions for use and enjoyment."

Borja Carabante · Delegate for Mobility, Urban Planning and Environment
The potential extension of opening hours was announced within the framework of the completion of rehabilitation works on two key elements of the park: the fort and the dance casino. Both structures suffered significant damage following storm Filomena in 2021. The works, which began on May 21 and lasted five months, involved an investment of 655,000 euros.
Antonio Morcillo, deputy general director of Green Areas and Tree Conservation, explained that the interventions aimed to restore these elements to a state as close as possible to their original condition, using traditional techniques and materials compatible with historical ones. At the fort, manual cleaning of walls was carried out, and a missing sentry box was reconstructed based on old documentation. At the dance casino, the structure was consolidated, the northeast facade was restored, and the terrace was waterproofed, among other improvements.
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"The objective was to somehow restore the splendor that these two elements, which have been lost over time, once had. In the case of the fort, it must be taken into account that it is exposed to the elements and therefore continuously suffers from adverse weather, which necessitates these rehabilitation works."

Antonio Morcillo · Deputy General Director of Green Areas and Tree Conservation
Despite the recovery, Morcillo highlighted that the park requires continuous maintenance, carried out by a professional team of restorers. This rehabilitation is part of a broader strategy by the Madrid City Council, which since 2019 has invested more than 113 million euros in 133 projects for the improvement and conservation of green areas, 113 of which have already been completed.
The El Capricho Garden, designed in the late 18th century at the behest of María Josefa Alonso Pimentel, Duchess of Osuna, is one of the few examples of European landscape gardens preserved in Spain. Covering 17.14 hectares, it maintains its original layout, establishing itself as a historical, artistic, and natural landmark in Madrid's green heritage.

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