Fountain with a cobbled floor, wall and staircase
Landscape of trees with a man in the foreground working the land, in the background the urban profile of a city
Image of a natural landscape with the city skyline in the background

The Dehesa of the Villa

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Asset of Cultural Interest in the category of Cultural Landscape

The Dehesa de la Villa preserves an important part of the memory of the productive landscape of the city of Madrid, with a history of almost nine centuries. It has been a primary source of supply of game, firewood, crops, livestock and water, and exemplifies, like few other urban parks, the evolution of the city and of Madrid society and its use of the environment.

It has notable heritage vestiges such as the Lower Paleolithic remains of the Acheulean site, the Amaniel Water Journey, a fragment of the old Tapia del Pardo, the layout of the Northern Canal or remains of constructions from the Civil War.

In addition to its historical, botanical and heritage value, its social and identity value lies in the fact that it was a space for public use by residents, a unique feature compared to other historic green spaces in the capital.