La Granja, San Ildefonso, Segovia: the Carrera de Caballos

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TitleLa Granja, San Ildefonso, Segovia: the Carrera de Caballos

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Creator roleLandscape Designer/Architect

Creation dateUnknown

Object typePark/Garden

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LocationSan Ildefonso, Segovia, Spain

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SubjectsFountainsWater in landscape architectureGardens--Spain

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La Granja: Castilian Baroque and European Classicism

Carmen Añón Feliú

Description: The Architecture of Western Gardens: A Design History from the Renaissance to the...

The Architecture of Western Gardens: A Design History from the Renaissance to the Present Day

Early La Granja sources refer to a rustic refuge built by the King of Castile, Henry III (1390–1406). It was also visited often by Henry IV (1454–74) who founded a hermitage dedicated to San Ildefonso, and next to it built a house of refuge which the Catholic Monarchs gave to the Hieronymite monks. Philip II (1556–98) built nearby the palace of Valsain, frequently used by later...

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Carmen Añón Feliú

PublisherMIT Press

Related print edition pages: pp.198-201

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00122.033

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-17772&redirecttoanchor=29919

Chapter subject tags:Gardens--SpainRoyal gardensWater in landscape architectureSculpture gardensGardens--Designs and plans

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