Alcázar garden, Seville

Photograph of a view of  the Alcázar Palace gardens in Seville. In the foreground are four plant beds, bordered by low hedges. Enclosing the garden is a wall consisting of iron railings interspersed with stone pediments and archways built in the Italianate style. The Palace is visible in the middle and background. There is a single, large tree in the centre of the photograph.

The gardens of the Alcázar palace provided food and water for the Palace residents, as well as aesthetic delights. Vermondo Resta (1555-1625), the Italian garden designer, was employed by King Philip III (1578-1621) during the 16th century to re-design the gardens. Resta replaced the garden's then Moorish design with the Italian Renaissance style..