May 26, 2014

Villamantilla, Madrid

This visual comparison documents the landscape changes in Villamantilla, a municipality in the Madrid region, between 2005 and 2011. The imagery reveals the patterns of territorial development during a period of significant urban expansion across Spain.

Villamantilla aerial view 2005 showing undeveloped landscape Villamantilla aerial view 2011 showing new infrastructure development

The aerial photographs capture the transformation of rural terrain into developed infrastructure, illustrating broader trends in regional planning and land use conversion that characterized this era of Spanish territorial change.