The Diario de Navarra chooses the Cactus Garden as one of the eight best historical gardens in Spain

The Diario de Navarra chooses the Cactus Garden as one of the eight best historical gardens in Spain

"More than 7,200 cactus specimens coexist in Lanzarote in a place especially dedicated to them." This is the phrase that introduces the reader to the text about the Cactus Garden, in the ...

April 23 2012 (15:49 WEST)
Cactus Garden
Cactus Garden

"More than 7,200 cactus specimens coexist in Lanzarote in a place especially dedicated to them." This is the phrase that introduces the reader to the text about the Cactus Garden, in the report "History dressed in green", which the weekend guide of the Diario de Navarra presents in its edition of March 16. In it, it describes the eight most beautiful sites of this type in Spain.

The text establishes that a historical garden is, according to Law 16/1985 of the Spanish Historical Heritage, "the delimited space, the product of the ordering by man of natural elements, sometimes complemented with factory structures and considered of interest depending on its origin or historical past, or its aesthetic, sensory or botanical values."

The journalist Leire Escalada highlights in her article that there are 93 gardens of this type in Spain and lists the eight most beautiful, which, in her opinion, are the Señorío de Bertiz- Oieregi-Bertizarana, in Navarra; the Labyrinth of Horta, in Barcelona; Campo Grande, in Valladolid; the Patio de los Naranjos, in Córdoba; the Palmeral of Elche; the Gardens of the Granja de San Ildefonso, in Segovia; the Garden of the Island, in Aranjuez, and the Cactus Garden, in Lanzarote.

Regarding the Lanzarote enclosure, the journalist highlights, above all, its original design, "conceived by César Manrique in the seventies" and its location, "in an old quarry in a circular structure, a possible metaphor for the island craters." In addition, it is indicated that its walls are formed by descending terraces of the land, as if they were steps, where more than 1,100 species of cacti from countries such as Peru, Tanzania, Mexico, Chile, the United States and Kenya are exhibited, as "in a world showcase, up to a total of 7,200 specimens."

The text ends by providing information on general aspects of the Cactus Garden such as its address, opening hours and the price of admission for adults and children.

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