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Jardín del Alcázar - Spanish Royal Gardens (park)
TyrAVB
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This is a big lot with several things going on, so excuse a bit extensive amount of images hehe..
This creation is inspired with some of the most beautiful gardens in the world, walled royal gardens attached to royal palaces in Andalusia, Spain, built during the reign of the Moors there, one of the most famous being Alhambra. Their "bones" are heavily influenced by Moorish architecture, but later times after Moors left the region also made a mark, through different architectural and horticultural interventions. It's a mix of a historic arabic and western designs, mix that creates this special almost fairy tell feel. Once being an exclusive parts of royal palaces, later they were turn into public parks (and nowadays tourist attraction sites).
My built is in greater part inspired by walled royal garden in Seville (Real Alcázar de Sevilla), that also became world famous being featured in the Game of Thrones as the Dornish Water Gardens, home of House Martell. The most recognizable is long two level gallery, but it also inspired the very structure of my garden, as well as pavilion. Some parts and details are also inspired by royal palaces in Cordoba (Alcázar of Córdoba) as well as Alhambra (Granada).
Main entrance to the garden features small ticket office. Garden today is a tourist attraction and admission fee is required. It's working hours are from 7am to 6pm, but during high season many cultural events can be attended there in the evening as well, that requires buying a separate tickets for.
Central axes that separates garden in two halves features elongated geometric fountain. On both sides facing fountain there are rows of trees for shade and benches beneath them for seating and relaxing. Or in case of budget travelers eating a quick lunch bought on a way to the garden.
Left side features a series of hedge boxed garden rooms in a geometric shape, divided by crossing paths, planted with trees, bushes and flowers, roses and others, all together designed to provide interesting and scented stroll. All Moorish gardens heavily incorporate element of water, so there are some water fountains in this part as well.
On the far left there is a long gallery, the biggest structure in the garden. Nowadays ground level houses two commercial venues, one cafe bar and one restaurant. Both venues are simply decorated, nothing exclusive, with a single idea of providing some simple refreshments for visitors, coffee, tea, fresh juice, ice cream etc. as well as some quick snacks like pastry. Restaurant has a small kitchen, but their daily menu items are prepared elsewhere and the kitchens is there only for reheating and preparing cold dishes like salads. In the middle of the ground floor there is a second entrance gate, but it's closed with a iron gate. Inside, next to it there are toilets, kept by venues by the lease contract.
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Second floor is simple, long strolling hall with a balconies and marble benches, meant to provide better view to the garden. 3rd floor has a small room with balconies, but at the moment it's closed for public because of it's balconies not being structurally sound and therefor safe, lacking a long due repairs.
In the back of the garden there is a small service exit and farther down a drinking fountain. Functional drinking fountain helps visitors not clogging in small toilets in order to refill their water bottles.
Other side of the garden features the pavilion. It's a small simple structure that intends to provide deeper shade and cooler air, important in long, hot summers, hence very few small windows with shutters. It also hosts smaller, chamber music type concerts in the evenings, today already set for later concert of duo, soprano and a cello (we hope they will be good, tickets were not that cheep). *(This pavilion is exact (as possible in the game) replica of Pabellón de Carlos V from Seville royal palace gardens).
After exiting the pavilion, there is a small patio and two long garden rooms separated by the central path which in the middle features secluded seating area with a fountain.
In that corner of the garden, there is a folly (fake structure meant to imitate some functional object but built only for decoration) imitating watch tower, that serves as another viewing point and now houses a small public toilette kept by a lady employed by garden management.
And at the end of our visit, some drone photos as well as some floor plans.
I hope you've enjoyed the visit to the Jardín del Alcázar. Stay safe!
Link to the gallery: https://imgur.com/a/GEYMqxR
This creation is inspired with some of the most beautiful gardens in the world, walled royal gardens attached to royal palaces in Andalusia, Spain, built during the reign of the Moors there, one of the most famous being Alhambra. Their "bones" are heavily influenced by Moorish architecture, but later times after Moors left the region also made a mark, through different architectural and horticultural interventions. It's a mix of a historic arabic and western designs, mix that creates this special almost fairy tell feel. Once being an exclusive parts of royal palaces, later they were turn into public parks (and nowadays tourist attraction sites).
My built is in greater part inspired by walled royal garden in Seville (Real Alcázar de Sevilla), that also became world famous being featured in the Game of Thrones as the Dornish Water Gardens, home of House Martell. The most recognizable is long two level gallery, but it also inspired the very structure of my garden, as well as pavilion. Some parts and details are also inspired by royal palaces in Cordoba (Alcázar of Córdoba) as well as Alhambra (Granada).
Main entrance to the garden features small ticket office. Garden today is a tourist attraction and admission fee is required. It's working hours are from 7am to 6pm, but during high season many cultural events can be attended there in the evening as well, that requires buying a separate tickets for.
Central axes that separates garden in two halves features elongated geometric fountain. On both sides facing fountain there are rows of trees for shade and benches beneath them for seating and relaxing. Or in case of budget travelers eating a quick lunch bought on a way to the garden.
Left side features a series of hedge boxed garden rooms in a geometric shape, divided by crossing paths, planted with trees, bushes and flowers, roses and others, all together designed to provide interesting and scented stroll. All Moorish gardens heavily incorporate element of water, so there are some water fountains in this part as well.
On the far left there is a long gallery, the biggest structure in the garden. Nowadays ground level houses two commercial venues, one cafe bar and one restaurant. Both venues are simply decorated, nothing exclusive, with a single idea of providing some simple refreshments for visitors, coffee, tea, fresh juice, ice cream etc. as well as some quick snacks like pastry. Restaurant has a small kitchen, but their daily menu items are prepared elsewhere and the kitchens is there only for reheating and preparing cold dishes like salads. In the middle of the ground floor there is a second entrance gate, but it's closed with a iron gate. Inside, next to it there are toilets, kept by venues by the lease contract.
[img][/img]Second floor is simple, long strolling hall with a balconies and marble benches, meant to provide better view to the garden. 3rd floor has a small room with balconies, but at the moment it's closed for public because of it's balconies not being structurally sound and therefor safe, lacking a long due repairs.
In the back of the garden there is a small service exit and farther down a drinking fountain. Functional drinking fountain helps visitors not clogging in small toilets in order to refill their water bottles.
Other side of the garden features the pavilion. It's a small simple structure that intends to provide deeper shade and cooler air, important in long, hot summers, hence very few small windows with shutters. It also hosts smaller, chamber music type concerts in the evenings, today already set for later concert of duo, soprano and a cello (we hope they will be good, tickets were not that cheep). *(This pavilion is exact (as possible in the game) replica of Pabellón de Carlos V from Seville royal palace gardens).
After exiting the pavilion, there is a small patio and two long garden rooms separated by the central path which in the middle features secluded seating area with a fountain.
In that corner of the garden, there is a folly (fake structure meant to imitate some functional object but built only for decoration) imitating watch tower, that serves as another viewing point and now houses a small public toilette kept by a lady employed by garden management.
And at the end of our visit, some drone photos as well as some floor plans.
I hope you've enjoyed the visit to the Jardín del Alcázar. Stay safe!
Link to the gallery: https://imgur.com/a/GEYMqxR
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You have put so much work and special details into the build! It is a very lovely gardens build!
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