JUAN TALAVERA DE LA VEGA‘S PLANS OF WORKS DERIVED FROM THE LAND DONATION TO CREATE THE PARQUE DE MARÍA LUISA IN SEVILLE

Abstract

María Luisa Fernanda, Duchess of Montpensier, donated an important part of her gardens of St. Telmo’s Palace to the city of Seville in order to create a public park. Juan Talavera de la Vega, chief architect of the palace, was responsible for the design of buildings to be carried out in the palace as a result of the cession. The plans we study in these pages, were submitted to Town Hall by in August 1893. They were attached to a report explaining the impact of opening the new avenue bordering the ceded lands, and demolishing different buildings dedicated to stables, palace service rooms and staff housing, especially the old St. Diego’s Convent.