Tuesday 26 April 2016

SIERRA DE GUADARRAMA NATIONAL PARK, 100 YEARS OF HISTORY


Sierra de Guadarrama landscape, from La Granja de San Ildefonso Palace, 1872


The Autonomous Body of National Parks, organizes this exhitition with historical character about Sierra de Guadarrama National Park.
This exhibition pretends to bring the new National Park to visitors, making a walk through the landscapes of the park, the ethnography, traditional jobs and costumes of the area, turism, sports, arquitecture, industry, communications, culture, history and biography of people related to the mountain.
Pictures illustrates different aspects of the Park. Some of them have been selected by their didactical, aesthetical and informative character and show interesting aspects of Sierra de Guadarrama territory, even if they have been kept out of the limits of the Park.
This exhibition also represents a recognition to the previous generations who have been able to leave a precious cultural and educational patrimony and have left examples of sustainable integration of traditional activities in the environment, establishing what we have to protect for future.


Military exercises in Boca del Asno, Valsain, 1906


Navacerrada test circuit layout. Navacerrada Port, 1903


Girls dancing in La Peñote campsite, Cercedilla, 1942


Buses and hikers in Boca del Asno, Valsaín, 1933


Expeditionary in La Pedriza, Manzanares el Real, 1900


Hiker in La Pedriza, 1904


Cars competition in Navacerrada, Cercedilla 1904


Pine trees lowering from the mountain, 1915


Carpenter family, San Rafael, 1912


Trekking to Siete Picos, Sierra de Guadarrama, 1890


Skiers in Navacerrada Port, Cercedilla,1925









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