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07-DEC-2015

Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias.LŽUmbracle

L'Umbracle — a landscaped walk with plant species indigenous to Valencia (such as rockrose, lentisca, rosemary, lavender, honeysuckle, bougainvillea, palm tree). It harbors in its interior The Walk of the Sculptures, an outdoor art gallery with sculptures by contemporary artists. (Miquel de Navarre, Francesc Abbot, Yoko Ono and others). The Umbracle is also home to numerous free-standing sculptures surrounded by nature. It was designed as an entrance to the City of Arts and Sciences. It is 320 meters long and 60 meters wide, located on the southern side of the complex. It includes 55 fixed arches and 54 floating arches that stand 18 meters high. The plants displayed were carefully picked to change colour with each season. The garden includes 99 palm trees, 78 small palm trees, 62 bitter orange trees. There are 42 varieties of shrubs from the Region of Valencia including Cistus, Mastic (Pistacia lentiscus), Buddleia, Pampas grass (Cortaderia), and Plumbago. In the garden there are 16 species of Mirabilis jalapa, or the four-o'clock plant (beauty of the night). Honeysuckle and hanging Bougainvillea are two of the 450 climbing plants in the L'Umbracle. There also are 5,500 ground cover plants such as Lotus, Agatea (Fellicia amelloides), Spanish Flags, and Fig Marigolds. There are over a hundred aromatic plants including Rosemary and Lavender.

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Ken Zaret11-May-2022 02:11
Great angle here
Carol Rollins15-Jan-2016 19:15
This is so good!
Julie Oldfield14-Jan-2016 04:26
Extremely intriguing. Great composition. V
chris morton13-Jan-2016 20:15
clever to include this curvy tribute alongside the engineering
marie-jose wolff13-Jan-2016 20:07
fabulous details, excellent composition! V
David Lewins13-Jan-2016 19:56
Excellent Capture!
Industrial Heritage13-Jan-2016 19:50
Wopw, this is great Jose.
Jim Coffman13-Jan-2016 19:46
Fantastic image, Jose!
Martin Lamoon13-Jan-2016 19:43
Most unusual!
A fine shot.
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Nestor Derkach13-Jan-2016 19:43
Fantastic composition and perspective.
Resolution spot on and information impressive.
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