Oreneta Park or the Castell de l'Oreneta Park is a large wooded area in the
Pedralbes
Pedralbes (, Old Catalan for ''white stones'') is a neighborhood in '' Les Corts'' district of Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). Before the administrative division of 1984, the neighborhood was part of Sarrià and the former municipality of Sant Vice ...
region of
Barcelona
Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...
city. The park was opened to the public in 1978. It is representative of the original
Mediterranean vegetation
Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub is a biome defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature. The biome is generally characterized by dry summers and rainy winters, although in some areas rainfall may be uniform. Summers are typically hot in ...
, with many species characteristic of the high plateaux around Barcelona.
The Centre de Estudis de Modelisme Vapor (Centre for studies of Steam models) has maintained a small steam train ride in the park since 1998.
References
External links
Barcelona City Park Guide to Oreneta Park
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Parks in Barcelona