The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and the Environment, in collaboration with the Prado Museum, proposes a new vision of the works linked to the Sierra de Guadarrama National Park. A tour of a selection of nine works on display, including two portraits of Prince Baltasar Carlos de Velázquez, Goya’s Spring and Landscape of El Pardo de Beruete, to which are added nine other works from the collection that are not currently on display.
 
These tours, which will be held every Tuesday in November in the morning and afternoon (11:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.), are free of charge for visitors to the Museum who register at the Education meeting point 15 minutes before the start of the activity, which is aimed at a maximum group of 25 people.
 
And, on the occasion of the celebration of the XV Science Week, the itinerary The Sierra de Guadarrama National Park at the Prado Museum will also take place on November 4, 5, 11 and 12 at 11:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., sessions for which it is necessary to register by sending an email to inscripción.semanadelaciencia@museodelprado.es

The Secretary of State for the Environment, Pablo Saavedra, who has been in charge of inaugurating this new route, thanked the implementation of this initiative and highlighted “the uniqueness” of the National Parks. Almost a century after the first law, Spain has 15 natural areas declared with this maximum environmental protection, the last one being the Sierra de Guadarrama, which is honoured in this itinerary. “This National Park enriches our Network with natural systems of great value, which are continuously distributed on both sides of the regional border between Madrid and Castilla y León”, said Saavedra, also highlighting “the extraordinary cultural heritage that it integrates, the result of the activity of man throughout history, which has shaped this generous and wild natural environment”.

Saavedra recalled that the Sierra de Guadarrama was “a reference for the Spanish court and was a source of inspiration for painters, as we have seen today, but also for writers, philosophers and poets from the Golden Age to the Generations of 98 and 27. All this without forgetting its scientific and educational aspects and its close link with the world of sport”.