Maria Luisa Park Duck Pond
by Joan Carroll
Title
Maria Luisa Park Duck Pond
Artist
Joan Carroll
Medium
Photograph - Digital Art
Description
I came upon this lovely little duck pond in Maria Luisa Park in Seville Spain and started taking pictures of the pretty pavilion. I thought to myself, "Wouldn't it be just perfect if a couple of those ducks would just swim into the view?". I must have been telepathic because no sooner thought than done! Many thanks to those very cooperative ducks! The Maria Luisa Park (Parque de Maria Luisa) is a public park that stretches along the Guadalquivir River in Seville, Spain. It is Seville's principal green area. Most of the grounds that were used for the park were formerly the gardens of the Palace of San Telmo. They were donated to the city of Seville in 1893 by the Infanta Luisa Fernanda, Duchess of Montpensier, for use as a public park. In preparation for the Ibero-American Exposition of 1929, the entire southern end of the city was redeveloped into an expanse of gardens and grand boulevards. The centre of it is Parque de Maria Luisa, a 'Moorish paradisical style' with a half mile of tiled fountains, pavilions, walls, ponds, benches, and exhedras. There are lush plantings of palms, orange trees, Mediterranean pines, and stylized flower beds and with bowers hidden by vines.
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FEATURED PHOTO, Pleasing The Eye group, 2/17/15
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February 16th, 2015
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