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06-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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Dennis Hoyne17-Jan-2016 03:31
A fantastic shot with those reflections and figures! V.
Helen Betts16-Jan-2016 18:38
Very interesting shapes formed with those great reflections. V.
Tom LeRoy16-Jan-2016 18:21
Unique and beautiful. Lovley photo. V
Nirvan Hope16-Jan-2016 18:18
Nice to see the people to get a feel for the size of the amazing place.
Richard Glenn16-Jan-2016 18:17
Such an outstanding place to walk and enjoy the architecture and reflections. V
Irene Wehrli16-Jan-2016 18:10
Another marvelous picture of this impressive building with great reflections!
Irene
Trent Watts16-Jan-2016 17:48
No wind on that day. What a reflection.
Gary Hudes16-Jan-2016 17:47
Another fine image with great reflection. The architects really use water well in their designs. V.
Gerard Koehl16-Jan-2016 17:47
Superbe composition. V
Julie Oldfield16-Jan-2016 17:23
Fantastic composition! V
Jim Coffman16-Jan-2016 17:22
Another fine capture with outstanding details!!
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