Parc de Can Vidalet, Metropolitan park in Esplugues de Llobregat, Spain

Parc de Can Vidalet is a romantic-style garden in Esplugues de Llobregat with artificial hills, a lake and a circular temple of eight fluted Corinthian columns. Its geometric beds near the palace give way to almost wild vegetation, and water runs through small channels, cascades and fountains. Holm oaks and white pines, many centuries old, stand among the paths.

The estate was bought in 1863 by the merchant Josep Vidal i Ribas, who had a summer tower built between 1864 and 1865 by the master builders Jeroni Granell i Mundet and Antoni Robert i Morera. It was heavily remodelled around 1930, and during the Civil War Juan Negrín, president of the Republic, and the minister Indalecio Prieto stayed there for some months. The property was acquired by the Esplugues town council in 1973; the templet was rebuilt in 1974 and the house reopened in 1975 as the Vicenta Vives municipal school.

The park holds three sculptures: Maternidad by Eulàlia Fàbregas de Sentmenat (1966), Solo quiero llegar a ser lo que no soy by Juan Ignacio Lomas (2007), and a Ninfa by an unknown artist set in a small pond. The palace now houses the Escola Municipal Vicenta Vives, named after a local teacher (1881-1975), and since 1999 the Escola Oficial d'Idiomes.

The park divides into four main zones: the Palace Area, the Lake Area, the Washing Place Area, and the Hill Area, making it easy to explore different sections. A network of paths connects these zones and guides visitors through a continuous route.

The garden's circular templet, rebuilt in 1974, has eight fluted columns with Corinthian capitals and a circular entablature. It is one of the old elements the park keeps, alongside the lake, the washing place and the 19th-century palace, now the Vicenta Vives municipal school.