Jardins del Real, Valencia

Jardins del Real, also called Viveros, is a public urban park in Valencia. Its story begins with gardens serving a pleasure palace built for the taifa rulers of Valencia. By 1560, the grounds were already supplying citrus trees for the royal gardens at Aranjuez.

The palace vanished in 1810, and in 1814 its remains were gathered into two mounds before ornamental planting began. Look at the archaeological remains uncovered within the park: excavations in 2009 brought parts of the former palace back into view. The grounds also contain Valencia’s Natural Sciences Museum, housed in a rationalist building by Luis Gay Ramos and known for its fossil collection. The park carries local heritage recognition as a Bien de Relevancia Local.