CATALINA DE RIBERA GARDENS
Created in 1898 from the donation of a wide strip of the
Huerto del Retiro. In these gardens is the monument to
Caterina de Ribera, work of Juan Talavera and Heredia
(1921), dedicated to Cristopher Columbus funded by public
subscription on the initiative of Jose Laguillo, director
of the newspaper El Liberal. It is work also of Juan Talavera,
except for the lion that unites to the two columns in
its superior part, works by the sculpture Coullaut Valera.
Address: Avd. Menéndez y Pelayo
DELICIAS GARDENS
Created during the mandate of the Assistant of Seville,
D. Jose' Manuel de Arjona (1825-1835). In 1864 marble
pedestals and busts were brought to this garden from the
Gardens of the Archiepiscopal Palace of Umbrete and formally
located in the Plaza del Museo. At the time of the Latin
American Exhibition of 1929, the Pavilion of Guinea (no
longer existent) and the Pavilion of Morocco were constructed
within extension of these gardens.
Address: Paseo de las Delicias
Mª LUISA PARK
This park may be considered as one of most beautiful in
Spain, as much for the variety of its vegetation like
by the beauty of its walks, avenues, ponds and squares.
MURILLO GARDENS
Created by the cession made in 1911 by King Alfonso XIII
from the Huerto del Retiro. Dedicated to the Sevillian
painter for the proximity in which he lived and is now
buried. In these gardens is the square dedicated to the
painter García Ramos, work of Talavera and Heredia
1923, and erected on initiative of his students.
Address: Avd. Menéndez y Pelayo
SAN TELMO GARDENS
This is the gardened area between the Avenue of Mª
Luisa and the Avenue of the Rábida. They originally
belonged to the Palace of San Telmo and were granted to
the City by the Church, the then owner then of the area,
to enable the construction of the Pavilions of the following
participant countries in the Latin American Exhibition
of 1929: The United States, Chile, Peru and Uruguay. They
were used from 1958 to 1980 to host the Latin American
Fair of Samples.
Sevilla guide
