When I think of a park, I generally picture some trees, grass, and maybe some benches. So I was surprised when I looked into visiting the Maria Luisa Park here in Sevilla...
- it's huge! *99 acres!* Fortunately, it also has a *lot* of benches...
- it's a botanical garden, so is full of trees, many of which are "exotic"
- it has many, many fountains, monuments, and structures, which all seem to have a backstory (see the link above for some of them)
- it originated as the gardens of the San Telmo Palace
For example, this is from the plaque by the monument to the poet Bécquer:
On one side are seated three women of different ages and expressions, in marble, representing Poetry and Love. They express a rhyme: "The invisible atoms of the air all around and become inflamed [...] / What is happening? Tell me? Silence! It is love passing!" In the women, love passes, is going to pass and has passed: the first (the youngest) has a presentiment; the one in the centre is in full ecstasy; the third (the oldest) transmits melancholy [nostalgia], the happy memory of enjoyed love. The two bronze figures are the child Love or Cupid, standing, and the wounded adult Love or Eros, stretched out on the bench, dying. They represent budding love and lost love, a source of pain and disappointment. The bust of Bécquer is raised on a pedestal with a wreath in its base that symbolises his fame.
Here's an arbor-surrounded pond, with fountains, benches, and birds
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| Building for the Musical Youth of Sevilla (Juventudes Musicales de Sevilla) |
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| I could not find out anything about this interesting building... |
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| Folk Art Museum |
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Our route: We took the tram to the star at the top, then meandered through the middle stars to the bottom left. Then we caught a bus back to the tram. Well, actually, we ate lunch near there, then caught the tram 😋
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