Jardines de Vallellano
Both the Vallellano gardens and the avenue of the same name were built on the site of the former Huerta del Rey (‘King’s Orchard’), thus lengthening the Paseo de la Victoria right down to the Guadalquivir river and creating a new access route into Cordoba from Seville. Both were inaugurated on July 18, 1955. Several decades later, the garden area was rebuilt, with a number of trees removed, and wider, straighter paths laid to replace the winding, muddy tracks of the original design. Swings, slides and climbing frames for children were also added.
These gardens are home to a wide variety of shrub and tree species, some of which have grown to a ripe old age, including oleander, lagerstroemia, casuarina, cedar, Japanese plum, Jerusalem thorn, eucalyptus, ash, magnolia, mimosa, bamboo palm, Russian olive and sycamore, among others.
There are also interesting archaeological remains to be found, including a Roman cistern.
