Artificial floating islands as components of urban landscape
The ‘Casa de Campo’ is an important urban green space of the city of Madrid, that dates back to the 16th century as a hunting and recreational estate of the Spanish monarchy. With an area over 1700 ha, it has been declared as a historic park of Madrid. The vegetation is mainly Mediterranean; it includes holm oak groves, pine woods, scrubs, meadows, and river-bank trees. read more »