SAN JERÓNIMO PARK
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Park that represents a gigantic hollow steel egg with a statue of the famous navigator who set out to discover the Indies
Located in the San Jerónimo district, where the Guadalquivir meanders. From 1988 to 1994, it was a nursery for plants used to develop the Isla de la Cartuja for the 1992 Exhibition. The only trace of this period is the River Interpretation Centre, where an environmental education and protection program is carried out. This lush garden is home to poplars, orange trees, ashes, pomegranates, oleanders, elms, willows, cypresses, acacias, olive trees, pines, etc. The park is laid out as follows: a main avenue runs parallel to the river, with narrow perpendicular promenades leading down to the river. At the end, in a large square, stands a monument to Christopher Columbus, called el Huevo de Colón ("Columbus's Egg"). It represents a gigantic hollow steel egg with, inside, a statue of the famous navigator who, thanks to the Catholic Monarchs, set out to discover the Indies. Thanks to his discoveries, Seville became a world commercial crossroads and a hotbed of European cultural wealth from the late 15th to the 17thcentury .
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