Fuencarral-El Pardo
Fuencarral-El Pardo is one of the 21 districts that form the city of Madrid, Spain.Overview
Fuencarral-El Pardo is the district number 8 and consists of the following neighborhoods: El Pardo, Fuentelarreina, Peñagrande, Pilar, La Paz, Valverde, Mirasierra and El Goloso.
Despite its being a part of a capital city, El Pardo with its woods and river is an ecologically important landscape. It enjoyed protection from development as a hunting estate associated with the Royal Palace of El Pardo. In the 1980s the European Union designated the Monte de El Pardo as a Special Protection Area for bird-life.Geography
Subdivision
The district is administratively divided into 8 wards :
- Barrio del Pilar
- El Goloso
- El Pardo
- Fuentelarreina
- La Paz
- Mirasierra
- Peñagrande
- Valverde
Education
The new campus of the Deutsche Schule Madrid, in Montecarmelo in the district, opened in the fall of 2015.
