Jardín de Floridablanca
Jardín de FlOrIdablanca
THe GardenS
his dates from the eighteenth
Tcentury, is Murcia s most ex-
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traordinary garden, and is thought
to be one of the first public gardens
established in Spain. Its name hon-
ours the memory of the Murcian
politician José MoÅ„ino Redondo
(1728-1808), first Count of Flori-
dablanca, of whom there is a stat-
ue set in the centre of a fountain.
Of particular note are some of the
centuries-old oriental plane trees,
as well as other younger trees,
such as figs, jacarandas, and Ca-
nary Island pine and palm.
Murcia enjoys some 4.3 million m2 of park and gar-
o find the origins of this garden, we
den areas in the broadest sense, an area shared Thave to go back to the middle of the
nineteenth century, with the creation of a
out between the capital and the 53 districts that
small botanical garden used for teaching
make up the municipal area. The most impor-
the pupils of a school. In 1974, the present
tant gardens, and generally the oldest, are to
garden was created by joining those old
be found mainly in the various residential areas
plots with some nearby orchards, for ex-
of the capital, and in this leaflet, we have tried
ample that known as  the cypresses , of
which we still have the restored entrance
to offer a kind of pen-portrait of some of them.
from the Paseo del Malecón; this cele-
brated, symbolic winter promenade forms
one of the boundaries of the garden and
also gives it its name. This garden has the
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greatest variety of trees in the municipal
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area, with around 60 species, some very
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rare, and some unique.
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Jardín del Malecón
Jardín del Malecón
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hese date from the 1960s and are based on the hese leafy gardens look onto the river and extend
Told Parque Ruíz Hidalgo, which was located in the T
the whole length of the Avenida Intendente Jorge
groves on the banks of the river Segura where it passes Palacios. They date from 1948-1953, when the building
through Murcia. The garden has two parts separated
of the residential areas was completed. Amongst the
by the Puente Nuevo, and as we stroll through it, we
wide variety of species in the garden are a Ginkgo and
can enjoy examples of some remarkable trees.
a Podocarpus.
Jardines de TenienTe FlomesTa
JardIneS de TenIenTe FlOMeSTa
Jardines de Vistabella
JardIneS de VISTabella
Jardín del auditorio / Jardín de FoFó
Jardín del aUdITOrIO / Jardín de FOFó
La GLorieta
la GlOrIeTa
he Jardín del Auditorio or, as it s popularly known, the
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Jardín de Fofó, after the well-known clown of that name,
who is remembered in a statue in the garden, was created in
his pedestrian garden square is one of the city s
1971, although the lake and other changes were made during
Tmain meeting places. It was created in 1821 by
the 1980s. There is a small auditorium giving the garden its
Don Francisco Bolarín Gómez (1768-1836), and
name where, in addition to shows, there is open-air cinema
since then has undergone several modifications.
in the summer.
Its name has been changed on several occasions.
Presiding over the square is the Ayuntamiento
de Murcia (Town Hall), a neo-classical building
from the mid-nineteenth century; we also see
here the rear elevation of the Episcopal Palace, a
Jardín del Salitre / de la PólVOra
Jardín del SalITre / de la Pólvora
baroque building which dates from the middle of
the eighteenth century. An outstanding feature is
the fountains, which bring to mind those of the
he garden was created in 1987 on
Generalife gardens of Granada.
Tland that was formerly the Murcia
Royal Saltpetre and Powder Factory.
As an enclosed space belonging to
the Army, its trees were maintained
in good condition. It has a small lake
his garden dates from 1990 and is on land that was
and several clearly different areas,
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originally the site of an old and prestigious silk factory
and has the second widest range of
built in 1770, and taken down in the mid-twentieth century.
trees and palms after the Malecón
The preserved chimney serves as a reminder of that industry,
garden. Next to this garden is the
so important for Murcia. It has a small lake at either end,
shaded Jardín Huerto-Cadenas,
connected by a winding stream. The trees are mostly still
formed in 1994 from former orchard
young, but there is a great variety of species.
gardens given to the City Council.
Jardín de la Seda
Jardín de la Seda