Palacio Real de Aranjuez

**Royal Palace of Aranjuez**
	Royal palace of Spain
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Instance of	royal palace;
Part of	Aranjuez Cultural Landscape;
Location	Aranjuez, Community of Madrid, Spain
Architectural style	Spanish Renaissance architecture;
Architect	Juan Bautista de Toledo;
Owned by	Philip II of Spain;
Heritage designation	Bien de Interés Cultural;
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	40° 02′ 10.91″ N, 3° 36′ 29.45″ W
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The Royal Palace of Aranjuez (Spanish: Palacio Real de Aranjuez) is a residence of the King of Spain, located in the town of Aranjuez, Community of Madrid, (Spain). The palace is open to the public as one of the Spanish royal sites. It was commissioned by Philip II and designed by Juan Bautista de Toledo and Juan de Herrera, who also designed El Escorial. It was completed during the reign of Ferdinand VI by the mid-18th century; Charles III had two wings added to it. The huge gardens, built to relieve its royal residents from the dust and drought of the Spanish meseta using the waters of the adjacent Tagus and Jarama rivers, are Spain's most important of the Habsburg period. The Jardín de la Isla is on a man-made island bounded by the River Tagus and the Ría Canal. The Jardín del Príncipe contains a miniature palace (the Casa del Labrador, built for Charles IV) and the Museo de las Falúas Reales, housing the most important extant collection of Spain's royal pleasure barges. The Concierto de Aranjuez is a composition for classical guitar and orchestra written by Spanish composer Joaquín Rodrigo, who was inspired by the palace gardens. The work attempts to take the listener through sounds of nature in and around the gardens during the period in which it was written.