Jardin de las Delicias, Seville

Jardin de las Delicias is a historic garden beside Seville’s Paseo de las Delicias, facing María Luisa Park and adjoining the Delicias wharf. Its most memorable feature is a sequence of circular glades, linked by straight and curving paths, with fountains and sculptural pedestals creating a theatrical garden setting. In 1825, the grounds received their romantic character and an innovative steam-powered water system; the work was complete by 1830.

José Manuel Arjona shaped the layout, while Claudio Boutelou directed its construction. The Venus glade has a figure raised on a tall pedestal, and another fountain shows a child playing with a seashell. In the western lawn, the Iberian Lady and two reclining men survive from the Ibero-American Exhibition of 1929, symbolizing the Guadalquivir and Magdalena rivers.