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Mount of el Pilar

Majadahonda, Área Metropolitana, Madrid

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Mount of el Pilar

Nature · Majadahonda, Área Metropolitana, Madrid

Monte del Pilar is a Mediterranean woodland of 804 hectares divided between Pozuelo de Alarcón, which contributes 446, Majadahonda, with 249, and Madrid, with the remaining 109; a remnant of the old hunting grounds of the court of Philip II. It is a natural continuation of the Regional Park of the Upper Manzanares Basin, from which it was separated by the A-6 motorway and by housing developments built in the second half of the twentieth century. In the drier areas holm oak, broom and stone pine predominate, while ash, elm and poplar occupy the riverbanks. The wildlife, scarce owing to human pressure, includes rabbits, hares, foxes and squirrels, as well as birds such as the woodpigeon or the little owl, and occasionally the odd wild boar drawn by rubbish.

Photo: Riozujar (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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