# Jardín de los Planteles

> garden in Madrid, Spain

**Wikidata**: [Q108392183](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q108392183)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/jardin-de-los-planteles

## Summary
Jardín de los Planteles is a planned garden located in Madrid, Spain. It serves as a dedicated space for the display, cultivation, and enjoyment of plants, and functions as an integral component of the "Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro, a landscape of Arts and Sciences," which is recognized as a World Heritage Site. 

## Key Facts
- **Entity Type:** Instance of a garden (planned space for plants and pleasure).
- **Location:** Madrid, Spain (Coordinates: 40.411985 latitude, -3.684365 longitude).
- **Heritage Status:** Part of the "Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro, a landscape of Arts and Sciences," which holds an official World Heritage Site designation (heritage designation identifier P1435).
- **Catalog Status:** Assigned catalog code 61 within the "Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro, a landscape of Arts and Sciences" registry.
- **Aliases:** Also known as "el jardín de los planteles".
- **Spatial Classification:** Classified broadly as a landscape, exterior space, workplace, artificial geographic object, and architectural structure.
- **Technical Mapping:** Corresponds to the OpenStreetMap tag `leisure=garden` and the Geonames feature code S.GDN.
- **Visual Classification:** Categorized under IconClass notation 41A6.

## FAQs
**Where is the Jardín de los Planteles located?**
It is situated in Madrid, Spain, precisely at latitude 40.411985 and longitude -3.684365. 

**What larger heritage site does this garden belong to?**
It is a distinct component of the "Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro, a landscape of Arts and Sciences," which is officially designated as a World Heritage Site. Its specific catalog code within this landscape is 61.

**How is a garden like the Jardín de los Planteles defined in academic and technical systems?**
It is defined as a planned space primarily used for pleasure, distinct from a utilitarian kitchen garden. In library and academic systems, this entity class falls under the Dewey Decimal Classification 635 and has unique identifiers such as the Library of Congress Authority ID (sh85053101) and the Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID (300008090).

## Why It Matters
Jardín de los Planteles represents a fundamental human interaction with nature within an urban setting. As an artificial geographic object and architectural structure, it plays a significant role in cultural history and urban planning by serving as a vital green space within Madrid. Gardens create controlled environments for aesthetic pleasure, relaxation, and horticultural practice. Their study—encompassing fields like landscape architectural studies and garden history—provides deep insights into historical design principles, ecological management, and societal values related to nature and leisure. 

## Notable For
- Being a protected feature within a UNESCO World Heritage Site ("Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro, a landscape of Arts and Sciences").
- Holding a specific catalog code (61) in its parent landscape registry.
- Belonging to an entity class ("garden") that was formally recognized as "biotope of the year" from 2002 to 2003.
- Being part of a concept included on Wikipedia's Vital Articles list at Level 4 as of October 31, 2022.
- Belonging to an entity class with an extensive multilingual footprint, featuring aliases in dozens of languages including Spanish, French, German, Chinese, and Korean.

## Body

### Core Definition and Classification
Jardín de los Planteles is an instance of a garden, defined as a planned space specifically set aside for the display, cultivation, and enjoyment of plants. The primary use of this space is pleasure. In formal knowledge systems, it is classified as a subclass of several broader categories: landscape, exterior space, workplace, artificial geographic object, and architectural structure. It is explicitly distinct from a kitchen garden. The academic disciplines of landscape architectural studies and garden history focus on spaces like this.

### Geographic Location and Heritage Integration
The garden is geographically situated in Madrid, Spain, with exact coordinates of 40.411985 latitude and -3.684365 longitude (sourced from record Q16619392). It operates under the country jurisdiction of Spain. The space is a documented part of the larger "Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro, a landscape of Arts and Sciences." This overarching landscape holds a World Heritage Site designation. Within this specific landscape, Jardín de los Planteles is registered with the catalog code 61. This heritage data was sourced from `https://paisajedelaluz.es/paisaje.html` and archived on August 20, 2022.

### Global Identifiers and Knowledge Base Links
As a garden, the entity class to which Jardín de los Planteles belongs is extensively documented across global knowledge bases:
- **Library Systems:** Library of Congress Authority ID (sh85053101), BnCF Thesaurus ID (3125), National Library of Latvia ID (000050457), National Library of Spain (SPMABN ID: XX530952), and National Library of Israel (J9U ID: 987007557913905171).
- **Encyclopedic Sources:** Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID (art/garden), Treccani's Enciclopedia Italiana ID (giardino), Grove Art Online ID (T030700).
- **Specialized Vocabularies:** Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID (300008090), MeSH descriptor ID (D000072506), and NALT ID (11814).
- **Multilingual Databases:** BabelNet ID (00037300n) and OmegaWiki (Defined meaning 1601). 

### Multilingual Presence and Aliases
The Jardín de los Planteles specifically has the alias "el jardín de los planteles" and maintains a presence on Wikimedia Commons and Spanish Wikipedia (es), resulting in a sitelink count of 2. The broader concept of a garden has Wikipedia titles in over 100 language codes (including af, ar, de, en, es, fr, hi, ja, pt, ru, zh) and goes by numerous global aliases such as gardens, jardín, jardin, jardins, jardinet, Gärtnern, Gartenanlage, 園林, 庭园, jardim francês, 뜰, 원림, and 화단.

### Technical and Spatial Characteristics
In technical and mapping frameworks, the garden category is recognized through specific tags and classifications. OpenStreetMap designates these spaces with the tag `leisure=garden`. Geonames assigns the feature code S.GDN. The concept has an equivalent class in the DBpedia ontology (`http://dbpedia.org/ontology/Garden`). The Iconclass notation for visual art classification of this space is 41A6, and it is classified under the Dewey Decimal system as 635.

### Depictions and Cultural Representations
Gardens are frequent subjects in global art and media, a tradition to which spaces like the Jardín de los Planteles belong. Historical and cultural depictions of gardens include the painting "Schloss Hof, Garden Side" from the Gemäldegalerie. The concept is documented in historical texts like the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition and the Gujin Tushu Jicheng. In contemporary media, the subject is tracked via the hashtag `#gardens` and is a recognized topic on TED (ted_topic_id: garden) and The Guardian (lifeandstyle/gardens). The Wikimedia Commons category for this specific entity is "Jardín de los Planteles," featuring an image hosted at `https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jardín_de_los_Planteles.jpg`.

## References

1. [Source](https://paisajedelaluz.es/paisaje.html)
2. National Aerial Orthophotography Plan