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 (81), Fuentelarreina (82), Peñagrande (83), Pilar (84), La Paz (85), Valverde (86), Mirasierra (87) and El Goloso (88).
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 (Barrios): Barrio del Pilar El Goloso El Pardo Fuentelarreina La Paz Mirasierra Peñagrande Valverde
Education
The new campus of the Deutsche Schule Madrid, in Montecarmelo (ES) in the district, opened in the fall of 2015."El nuevo Colegio Alemán de Madrid, la mayor obra civil alemana del extranjero" (Archive). La Vanguardia. 9 October 2015. Retrieved on 2 April 2016.
See also Fuencarral Royal Palace of El Pardo
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