Forest of Remembrance
The Forest of Remembrance, formerly known as the Forest of the Departed, is a memorial garden located in the park of Parque del Buen Retiro in Madrid, Spain that commemorates the 191 civilian victims of the 2004 Madrid train bombings on 11 March 2004 and the…| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid and Museum Reina Sofía.
Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid
Garden
Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid is an 8 hectares botanical garden in Madrid. The public entrance is located at Plaza de Murillo, next to the Prado Museum.
Museum Reina Sofía
Museum
Photo: Zaqarbal, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía is Spain's national museum of 20th-century art. The museum was officially inaugurated on September 10, 1992, and is named for Queen Sofía.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jerónimos and Cortes.
Jerónimos
Quarter
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Los Jerónimos is an administrative neighborhood of Madrid belonging to the district of Retiro. It is 1.900627 km² in size. The Retiro Park, the Town Hall and the Prado Museum are located within its limits.
Cortes
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Photo: Ricardo Ricote Rodríguez, CC BY 2.0.
Cortes is an administrative ward of Madrid belonging to the district of Centro.
Retiro-Paseo del Arte
Retiro is a district in eastern-central Madrid. While it is dominated by the Retiro Park, it also houses 125,000 residents. This article also includes the Paseo del Arte where the city's most famous art museums are lined up.
Forest of Remembrance
- Type: Garden
- Description: Remembrance of the 2004 Madrid train bombing
- Category: monument
- Location: Retiro, Madrid, Madrid, Community of Madrid, Central Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Wu Chinese—“Forest of Remembrance” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Մեռյալների անտառ”
- Asturian: “Biesca de los Ausentes”
- Asturian: “Viesca de los Ausentes”
- Catalan: “Bosc dels Absents”
- Chinese: “死者紀念林”
- Chinese: “死难者树林”
- Chinese: “死難者樹林”
- Chinese: “逝者紀念林”
- Danish: “De afdødes skov”
- Esperanto: “Bosque de los Ausentes”
- French: “bois des absents”
- French: “Bois du souvenir”
- French: “Bûche des défunts”
- French: “Foret des Disparus”
- French: “Forêt Des Disparus”
- German: “Wald der Erinnerung (Madrid)”
- German: “Wald der Erinnerung”
- Hungarian: “Emlékezés erdeje”
- Italian: “Bosco degli scomparsi”
- Japanese: “故人の森”
- Korean: “기억의 숲”
- Latin: “Silva absentium”
- Latin: “Silva recordationis”
- Lithuanian: “Velionių miškas”
- Portuguese: “Bosque del Recuerdo”
- Russian: “Лес умерших”
- Russian: “Лес умиравших”
- Sicilian: “Voscu dî Difunti”
- Spanish: “Bosque de los ausentes”
- Spanish: “Bosque de los Ausentes”
- Spanish: “Bosque del Recuerdo”
- Swedish: “Bosque de los Ausentes”
- Swedish: “De Bortgångnas lund”
- Swedish: “De bortgångnas skog”
- Turkish: “Bosque de los Ausentes”
- Turkish: “Ölmüşlerin Ormanı”
- Ukrainian: “Ліс померлих”
- Vietnamese: “Rừng của người đã mất”
- Wu Chinese: “死难者树林”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Botanical Garden and Casón del Buen Retiro.
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