Most of the reasons that were used for the garden were in the former San Telmo Palace Gardens. The city of Seville was donated in 1893 by Infanta Luisa Fernanda, Duchess of Montparnasse, to be used as a public park. [2] Beginning in 1911, Jean-Claude Nicholas Forester rearranged the gardens in their present forms. In 1914, architect Anibal Gonzalez began building the Ibero-American Exposition of 1929, which was partially built inside the park. The new buildings at Plaza de España were used as the exhibition's office.
Planning the garden
In preparation for the exhibition, the southern end of the city has been completely redeveloped to a wide area of gardens and major streets. In the middle is the Parque de María Luisa, a "Moroccan Maghreb style" with half a mile of tiled fountains, wings, walls, ponds, benches, and exhedras. There are fertile trees of palm trees, orange and white pine trees and flower beds with flowers hidden by the vineyards
