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What to see and do in Las Rozas de Madrid

What to see and do in Las Rozas de Madrid (Área Metropolitana, Madrid): 4 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 2 Monuments · 1 Nature

How far each place is from the centre of Las Rozas de Madrid

Dehesa of Navalcarbón 2.6 km
Bridge of el Retamar 6.4 km

Towns near Las Rozas de Madrid

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What to see and do in Las Rozas de Madrid

Las Rozas de Madrid
Village
Las Rozas de Madrid is a city of around 99,000 inhabitants in the metropolitan area west of the capital, which has grown strongly from the 35,137 inhabitants recorded in 1991. Its name refers to the “roza,” land cleared for the first time for cultivation, and its first boom came in the 16th century, when the capital was established in Madrid and the Escorial was built. During the reign of Charles III a canal was planned to link the Guadarrama with the Tagus as far as Lisbon, of which the remains of the Gasco dam survive, near Las Matas. In 1812 the Battle of Majadahonda was fought, and during the Civil War the area was the scene of fighting, still visible today in the pillboxes of the Navalcarbón dehesa. It preserves the late Gothic church of San Miguel Arcángel, rebuilt after being destroyed during the conflict.
Dehesa of Navalcarbón
Nature
An extensive municipal dehesa of 120 hectares located between the A6 motorway and the M-50, very close to the Európolis shopping centre and the Las Rozas fairground, where bunkers and trenches from the 1936 and 1937 fighting on the La Coruña road are still visible. It is crossed by an artificial river that follows the route of the old Guadarrama canal, whose construction began and was interrupted in the late eighteenth century. It forms part of the forest belt linking up with the Regional Park of the Upper Manzanares Basin.
Bridge of el Retamar
Monument
A granite ashlar bridge over the River Guadarrama on the old road towards El Escorial, with seven semicircular arches of about 8.40 metres span and six cutwaters; it is listed among the protected assets of Las Rozas and now marks the boundary with Galapagar.
Museum of el Ferrocarril Pablo Rubio de Las Matas
Monument
Housed since 2009 in the former parish church of San José, a 1920 building owned by Renfe and now deconsecrated, it brings together railway pieces and the memory of the Las Matas settlement, one of the best-preserved railway workers' districts in Spain.