Before the construction of the formal park on this spot there was a profusely wooded space where royalty used to hunt small game. Also, it was an area from where people used to go to the Casa de Campo, another famous Madrid green space. In the 18th Century, when the old palace burned down, Felipe IV commissioned the construction of a new modern and imposing building and a garden. This park was not well cared for nor well developed due to lack of sufficient finances. It was a formal park that ornamented the Palace until the 19th Century (1844), when Queen Isabel II decided to make it a garden-park worthy of such a magnificent royal residence. During her reign, the park was refurbished to a great extent with many structures added to it such as spectacular fountains: the Fountain of the Tritons and of the Shells, as well as the Triada of the palace of Aranjuez. Those two fountains do not only embellish the area but also establish the central axis of the garden with the right alleys that cross it. The design from the epoch of Isabel II also included beautiful geometrically arranged parterres - but all this was abandoned after her death.

Certain renovation works and reformation of the overall layout of the Campo del Moro were undertaken under the regency of Maria Cristina at the end of the 19th Century and the main features of this redevelopment have been kept to this day. At the time, the park was landscaped in the English fashion with curving alleys and open spaces with trees. The reshaping in this romantic style, however, did not terminate the emblematic two fountains and their right alleys. As a result, the present state of Campo del Moro’s layout is influenced by both styles, which make it even more attractive for a visit. Moreover, the arboreal variety ranges over 70 species, including elms, oaks and other types of trees – some more than 170 years old.

Campo del Moro has a lot to offer to its visitors: the rich flora that radiates peace and quiet, as well as a sense of being in the presence of art and culture. Special sights of interest in the park are the two fountains of the Tritons and of the Shells, among the other structures on the park’s premises. An interesting fact is that the Royal Palace is also called the Eastern Palace (because it is not used as the royal residence but can be accessed by the public if not used for official state gatherings.) Another unique feature of Campo del Moro is the iron wall that surrounds the park and the iron door through which visitors enter.