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Hijuela del Botánico

La Orotava, Tenerife - Valle de La Orotava, Santa Cruz de Tenerife

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Hijuela del Botánico

Monument · La Orotava, Tenerife - Valle de La Orotava, Santa Cruz de Tenerife

A 3,390 m² garden created in 1788 by Alonso de Nava y Grimón, 6th Marquis of Villanueva del Prado, as a supplementary nursery for the Jardín de Aclimatación in Puerto de la Cruz, on land belonging to the former convent of San José (demolished in 1868). On 21 June 2007 it was declared a Bien de Interés Cultural (Spain's highest level of heritage protection) with the category of historic garden.

1788, BIC en 2007

Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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