Wednesday walk around Gardens of the Qui帽ones de Leon Museum | Vigo, Spain 馃尰馃尲馃
Hello friends and Hivers, a few days ago I made a short walk through some very visited gardens here in Vigo and I wanted to share with you pictures of the place but I had not had time to finish the post.
To put you a little in context about the origin of these gardens, we must first talk about the facilities where the Qui帽ones de Le贸n museum is located.
This museum was a stately style house surrounded by a set of gardens inspired by the English and French gardens of the 17th and 18th centuries, it belonged to a marquise family of the Galician high society between the years 1678 and 1918 that along with Castrelos Park was passed from generation to generation until it finally remained in the hands of the City of Vigo, becoming the museum it is today.
For the day I visited this place the museum was closed but the gardens are always open to the public because it is a very visited place to relax, many people go just to sit and read a book, I could also see in the forest people practicing musical instruments such as trumpets, also some girls come with their photographers to take pictures.
There are plants of all kinds of flowers, there are plants that bloom in winter and others in spring, there is also an orchard, a forest and a garden in the form of a labyrinth.
Hola amigos y Hivers, hace d铆as hice un corto paseo por unos jardines muy visitados aqui en Vigo y quer铆a compartirles im谩genes del lugar pero no hab铆a tenido tiempo para terminar el post.
Para ponerlos un poco en contexto sobre el origen de estos jardines, hay que hablar primero de las instalaciones donde est谩 el museo Qui帽ones de Le贸n.
Este museo era una casa de estilo se帽orial rodeada por un conjunto de jardines inspirados en los jardines ingleses y franceses de los siglos 17 y 18, perteneci贸 a una familia marquesa de la alta sociedad gallega entre los a帽os 1678 y 1918 que junto al Parque Castrelos fue pasando de generaci贸n en generaci贸n hasta que finalmente qued贸 en manos del Ayuntamiento de Vigo, convirti茅ndose en el museo que es hoy d铆a.
Para el d铆a que visit茅 este lugar el museo estaba cerrado pero los jardines siempre est谩n abiertos al p煤blico pues es un sitio muy visitado para el relax, mucha gente va solo a sentarse a leer alg煤n libro, tambi茅n pude ver en el bosque personas practicando instrumentos musicales como las trompetas, tambi茅n vienen algunas chicas con sus fot贸grafos para hacerse sesiones de fotograf铆as.
Hay plantas de todo tipo de flores, hay plantas que florecen en invierno y otras en primavera, tambi茅n hay un huerto un bosque y un jard铆n en forma de laberinto.
Back part of the museum, here is the labyrinth garden.
Entering the forest I saw this sort of circular room, I couldn't figure out what it was or what it was built for, I think it might have been a punishment room something like a small jail or maybe it was just a storage room for food. What do you think?
Entrando al bosque vi esta especie de habitaci贸n circular, no pude enterarme que era ni para que fue construida, pienso que pudo ser un cuarto de castigo algo como una peque帽a c谩rcel o tal vez simplemente fue un dep贸sito para alimentos. Ustedes que creen?
Plants that are just beginning to bloom show spectacular colors.
That's all folks, I hope you liked it and thank you so much for taking the time to stop by. See you soon!
Note: all photos are taken by me with my cell phone and edited in Photoshop.