Exhibition 'Paradises of the Ancient South', historical images of gardens in Andalusia and the Maghreb

The Fundación Tres Culturas is hosting the exhibition 'Paraísos del Antiguo Sur, imágenes históricas de jardines de Andalucía y el Magreb' (Paradises of the Ancient South, historical images of gardens in Andalusia and the Maghreb), promoted by the Fundación Pública El legado andalusí.

The exhibition consists of a careful selection of photographs and models selected by the University of Granada specialists José Tito and Manuel Casares, which reflect the history and evolution of many of the oldest gardens in Andalusia and the Maghreb: the identity preserved in the gardens of the southern territories, in cities such as Granada, Málaga, Almería, Córdoba, Seville, Tánger, Xauen, Fez, Tetuán, Marraquech and Algiers.

The exhibition covers historical images which, for the most part, show the same garden at different points in time, which allows us to see how they have evolved. This is the case with some retrospectives of the Albaicín cármenes, which went from being fruit orchards to become garden spaces, as well as other emblematic spaces such as the Patio de los Arrayanes, the Machuca, the Partal, the garden of the Concepción in Málaga, and many more.

There are also evolutionary models, such as one that presents three different periods of the Generalife: 1526-1567, 1856-1875, 1934; or a model of the Alcazar Genil that reconstructs its hypothetical state around 1431, and its later state around 1934, when the Camino de Ronda was built. There are also some original pieces from the municipal historical archive of Granada.

Prior to the opening of the exhibition, at 7 p.m., the conference Al-Andalus: the art of its gardens and its gardens in art by Dr. José Tito Rojo, Researcher at the University of Granada, Department of Botany and curator of the exhibition.

The lecture will review the artistic representations of the gardens of al-Andalus in the Middle Ages and the later ones after the conquest, devoting an important part to the orientalist recreations of the 19th and 20th centuries. It will also reflect on the documentary value of the representations for the study of the medieval state of the Andalusian gardens.

The exhibition can be visited until 4 March 2022, with the following opening hours: Monday to Thursday, from 8:30 am to 7:30 pm; and Fridays from 8:30 am to 3:30 pm. Closed on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays.

Invitations to attend at THIS LINK.