The Garden of the Prince (El Jardín del Príncipe) (Seville)

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Remodeled by Isabel la Católica in 1478 near the room where his son, the Prince D. Juan de las Españas (1478-1497) was born.
Prince don Juan, son of Elizabeth I of Castile and Fernando II of Aragon, died a few months before his wedding with infanta Margarita, at 19 years.
The first time when the garden of the Prince was mentioned in the documents was in 1539, being a landscaped space bordering on the area of gardens(orchards).
Subsequently renovated by Charles I, this garden received a major impulse under Philip II (façade, corridor, high and low galleries) and Philip III (paving, fountain, decoration).
The current configuration has to do with the intervention in the early 1970's by Don Rafael Manzano. His works include the Gallery (Renaissance style) of separation between the Prince's Garden and the Garden of Flowers.
He repaired the North and West facades ( the West façade was attached to private homes of the 1950s). The garden is configured as cruise, with four platforms which provides a floor of brick . The flower beds are topped with alizares. The center maintains a circular fountain decorated with tiles (azulejos).
The garden is enclosed by:
- the Wizard Patio (Patio del Asistente) on the north
- the column gallery between this garden and the Garden of Flowers (Jardin de las Flores) -on the south side
- the gallery of Lorenzo de Oviedo, from the late sixteenth century, that makes the connection with Palacio del Don Pedro: Salón del Techo de Felipe II and Sala del los Reyes Católicos (on the east side)
- a row of columns with their capitals and bases, only with ornamental function and private homes (on the west side)