GARDENS AT HOSPITAL REAL
Cuesta del Hospicio s/n 958 24 30 25
The gardens at Hospital Real (Royal Hospital) surround the building and give it a perfect complement for its façade with wonderful Plateresque windows and a magnificent front. This latest was built in 1640 by Alonso de Mena and represents the Virgin Mary and the praying figures of Ferdinand and Isabella (the Catholic Monarchs). In 1980 the building was restored, being eliminated the other buildings later attached. It was also closed with an iron fence and the gardens were adorned with floor garden boxes with grass, plants and many different trees. Some staircases save the different levels of the surface which is covered by the beautiful cobbles typical from Granada, which were made by craftsman “El Picante”.
Specimens.
| Abies alba |
| Picea abies |
| Nerium oleander |
| Berberis thunbergii |
| Ligustrum vulgare |
| Ligustrum lucidum |
| Lagerstroemia indica |
| Acer negundo |
| Phyllostachys aurea |
| Buxus sempervirens |
| Euonymus japonicus |
| Buddleia davidii |
| Cedrus atlántica |
| Cedrus deodara |
| Populus bolleana |
| Populus simonii |
| Populus tremula |
| Cupressus sempervirens |
| Cupressus arizonica |
| Prunus cerasifera var. pissardii |
| Cordyline australis |
| Cortaderia selloana |
| Cotoneaster franchetti |
| Cotoneaster horizontalis |
| Deutzia scabra |
| Juniperus chinensis |
| Pyracantha coccínea |
| Spiraea crenata |
| Robinia pseudoacacia |
| Phormium tenax |
| Forsythia x intermedia |
| Púnica granatum |
| Hibiscus syriacus |
| Cistus albidus, C. crispus, C. ladanifer |
| Laurus nobilis |
| Prunus laurocerasus |
| Chimonanthus fragans |
| Magnolia grandiflora |
| Chaenomeles speciosa |
| Myrtus communis |
| Morus alba |
| Citrus aurantium |
| Ulmus minor |
| Ulmus glabra |
| Phoenix canariensis |
| Trachycarpus fortunei |
| Picea glauca |
| Pinus halepensis |
| Pittosporum tobira |
| Rosmarinus officinalis |
| Salix matsudana var. tortuosa |
| Acer pseudoplatanus |
| Thuja orientalis |
| Verónica andersonii |
| Wergelia florida |
| Yucca aloifolia |
