Berlin Park, Urban park in Ciudad Jardín, Madrid, Spain.
Berlin Park is a 4.92-hectare urban park in Ciudad Jardín, Chamartín, Madrid, bounded by San Ernesto, Marcenado, Ramón y Cajal Avenue and Doctor Marco Corera streets. Its lower section holds a shallow circular fountain facing the church of Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, while the flat upper area near Príncipe de Vergara has an open-air auditorium and a multi-sport court. A low black metal fence and a wooden bench line the lawn.
The area was inaugurated on November 9, 1967, by Madrid's Mayor Carlos Arias Navarro, with the German Ambassador Helmut Allard and Berlin officials attending. The name choice honors Berlin's importance in European history.
The bear sculpture is by Antonio Navarro Santafé, and the Beethoven monument sets his head on a piano of granite from Quintana de la Serena. A bust remembers Álvaro Iglesias Sánchez. In 1984 the neighbourhood resident Víctor Manuel released a song about the park.
The park has entrances on San Ernesto, Marcenado, Ramón y Cajal Avenue and Doctor Marco Corera. The upper, flat area near Príncipe de Vergara holds the open-air auditorium and the multi-use sports courts; the children's playground sits on slightly raised ground a few steps from the auditorium. The lower area, opposite the church of Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, contains the fountain with the Wall pieces.
Three original pieces of the Berlin Wall stand in a fountain at the park's lower section, installed in 1990. These fragments mark a memorial to German reunification.
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