Jardines del Real or Royal Gardens
The Royal Gardens, also called the Nursery Garden, are an urban public park in Spain located in the city of Valencia.
They take their name from the Royal Palace located inside until 1810, their other denomination of Nurseries corresponding to the name of “huerta de Vivel” or
The Royal Gardens, also called the Nursery Garden, are an urban public park in Spain located in the city of Valencia.
They take their name from the Royal Palace located inside until 1810, their other denomination of Nurseries corresponding to the name of “huerta de Vivel” or
"Vivel's orchard" with which it was known in the past and which made reference to a lagoon, or nursery, that supplied it with water irrigation.
Jardines del Real or Royal Gardens
The historical category of this garden, its extension and careful gardening, and the same abundance of sculptural or other monuments that enhance its surroundings, make it the green heart of the city of Valencia.
Jardines del Real or Royal Gardens
It can be considered the most emblematic garden in the city for its history, cultural, ecological and landscape value, extension and botanical diversity.
Jardines del Real or Royal Gardens
Its layout responds to various gardening styles, the result of the different renovations made, with romantic flower beds in its southern area, areas that imitate natural landscapes in its northern part, or the well known Rose Garden.
Jardines del Real or Royal Gardens
In addition to standing out for its large number and diversity of tree specimens, 2,769 specimens and 167 different botanical species, it contains exceptional individuals such as the alignment of Washingtonias filiferas and robust on the entrance promenade from
Plain of Royal, one of the longest promenades in those who walk inside Viveros, the great Jacaranda mimosifolia and the impressive Podocarpus macrophyllus in front of the Alquería de Canet, a very representative and well preserved construction of Valencian rural architecture.
Jardines del Real or Royal Gardens
Its origin dates back to the 11th century during the reign of the Moorish king Abd-Azlz. In 1903 it was donated to the Valencia City Council to become a tree nursery.
Jardines del Real or Royal Gardens
The Jardines del Real or Royal Gardens is known from the Vivel orchard, for the lagoon or nursery that watered them, but it has actually been used since 1903 this park was donated to the city council for planting or tree nurseries.
Jardines del Real or Royal Gardens
Its use as a nursery is already documented in 1560, the date when King Felipe II ordered an infinity of orange and lemon trees to be sent to him from the Almaciga of Royal in Valencia, as well as more than four thousand floral plants to beautify the gardens of his Aranjuez Palace.
Jardines del Real or Royal Gardens
The gardens have been successively expanded and fountains, umbrellas, benches, gazebos, kiosks and statues have been added, among which the group of the four seasons, embodied by Venus, Diana, Apollo and Chronos, carved in white marble by the sculptor Baroque Jacobo Ponazanelli. Next to the bird cage stands the statue of Flora, with similar characteristics. In front of the entrance to the neoclassical garden of the
San Pío V Museum there is a marble fountain from the Valldigna monastery, and a doorway that was from the old Baroque style Collegiate Church of San Bartolomé.
In the garden itself, the Plateresque façade of the Palace of the Dukes of Mandas, which stood on Avellanas street, has been rebuilt. A few meters away, another doorway, this one from the palace of the Counts of Alcudia or those of Moroder, from the 18th century, which was located in the Square of Tetuán.
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