Jardines de la Victoria - Córdoba - Andalusia

These gardens owe their name to the Monastery of Nuestra Señora de la Victoria, an old monastery that was demolished in the 19th century.

The Gardens or Campo de la Victoria trace their origins to 1776 when the corregidor Francisco Carvajal y Mendoza conceived the project to create spacious gardens on the edge of the historic center. To create the gardens or Alameda del Campo de la Victoria, he ordered the paving of the existing mounds adjacent to the Convento de Nuestra Señora de la Victoria monastery. In 1865 the consistory bought the monastery and had it demolished.

Within the gardens it is worth checking out two things: the Victoria Market with the Music Kiosk and the small modernist fountain from the early 20th century.

In the northern part stands the monument to the Duke of Rivas , a prominent poet.

Willem Vandenameele