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Park of a Alameda

Santiago de Compostela, Santiago, A Coruña

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Park of a Alameda

Nature · Santiago de Compostela, Santiago, A Coruña

The most notable urban park in Santiago de Compostela, the historic lung of the city with just over 56,000 square metres, born of a donation of land by Rodrigo de Moscoso in 1546 and laid out in 1835. It lies between the old town and the present-day Campus Sur, and is divided into three areas: the Paseo da Alameda proper, the carballeira de Santa Susana - more than three hundred centuries-old oaks around a chapel that Archbishop Gelmírez had built in the 12th century - and the Paseo da Ferradura or dos Leóns, which Otero Pedrayo called Spain's noblest promenade. Among its buildings, the church of El Pilar and the Recreo Artístico e Industrial pavilion stand out, the only surviving remnant of the 1909 Exposición Regional Gallega, alongside oaks, eucalyptus trees and horse chestnuts.

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