CULTURAL LANDSCAPE OF ARANJUEZ -ROYAL PALACE OF ARANJUEZ-SPAIN The Aranjuez Cultural Landscape is an entity of complex relationships-between nature and human activity, between sinuous waterways and geometric landscape design, The Royal Palace is a residence of the King of Spain, located in the town of Aranjuez. It was commissioned by Philip III and completed during the reign of Ferdinand VI in the mid-18th century.