Sabatini Gardens

The Sabatini Gardens (in Spanish: Jardines de Sabatini) are part of the Royal Palace in Madrid, Spain, and were opened to the public by King Juan Carlos I in 1978.

In 1933, the clearing of the stable buildings was begun, as well as the construction of the gardens, which were completed only in the late 1970s.

The gardens have a formal Neoclassic style, consisting of well-sheared hedges, in symmetric geometrical patterns, adorned with a pool, statues and fountains, with trees also disposed in a symmetrical geometric shape.

The first one has a great symmetry in its design and whose center is a sheet of water that has the function of a mirror.

The second terrace is located on the first one, where one can see the entire façade of the Royal Palace from which there is a pine grove to the Cuesta de San Vicente, a street that has an entrance with steps to the Sabatini Gardens.

Statue of Alfonso VI of Castile at the Sabatini Gardens ( F. Corral , 1753).