Location Toledo, Spain Province Province of Toledo Architectural style Mudéjar | Country Spain Owner Alfonso X of Castile | |
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Similar Castle of San Servando, Puente de San Martín, Mosque of Cristo de la Luz, Iglesia de Santiago del Arrab, Santa María la Blanca | ||
The Palacio de Galiana is a palace in Toledo, Spain, on the borders of the Tagus River. It was built on the site of an earlier summer villa and garden of Al-Mamun, the king of the Taifa of Toledo, in the thirteenth century by king Alphonso X.
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Map of Palacio de Galiana, 45006 Toledo, Spain
Gardens
The garden area around the palace, called the 'Al-Munya al-Na‘ura' (the Water Wheel Orchard) or 'Huerta del Rey' (the king's garden) included a botanical garden of the pharmacologist Ibn al-Wafid. It was famous for its irrigation works, the ruins of which are still to be seen.
The garden was also, possibly, the location of a water clock, constructed by Al-Zarqali.
20th century
From the 1950s onwards the Palacio de Galiana was restored and its present garden designed by the architects Manuel Gómez Moreno and Fernando Chueca Goitía under the auspices of its owner Carmen Marañón.