Monte Palace Tropical Garden

Lake with buildings and sculptures

Tree ferns from South Africa

The Monte Palace Tropical Garden (Portuguese: Jardim Tropical Monte Palace ) is a botanical garden in Funchal on the Portuguese island of Madeira . On an area of ​​70,000 m² it shows plants and other things. a. also art objects, tile pictures and minerals.

The park can be reached from Funchal with the Funchal – Monte cable car .

history

The site was bought by the English consul Charles Murray in the 18th century and came into the possession of Alfredo Guilherme Rodrigues in 1897, who built a luxurious residence there that was later converted into a hotel, the Monte Palace Hotel . After Rodrigues' death, the hotel came into the possession of a credit institute, which in 1987 sold it to the entrepreneur José Berardo . He passed the garden on to a foundation that operates it today.

flora

Are shown u. a .:

• Tree ferns from South Africa, over 700 specimens
• Azaleas
• Orchids
• Klivien
• Hydrangeas
• Olive trees

museum

The museum in the upper area of ​​the garden shows modern sculptures from Zimbabwe as well as minerals, especially Druze .

Azulejos

Azulejo King Edward of Portugal , at the bottom right Prince Henry the Navigator

Numerous azulejos (tile images on ceramic tiles ) are exhibited in the garden . Historical costumes and events, animal and plant motifs and ornaments are depicted on them. A row depicts Portuguese history . Each azulejo depicts the respective ruler, his reign and other outstanding personalities and / or historical events from that time.

Further exhibitions

• oriental garden with Japanese garden elements and Koi carp
• Aviary with budgies

See also

• Botanical Garden (Funchal) , a botanical garden about a kilometer away

Web links

Commons : Monte Palace Tropical Garden  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• official website of the garden (engl., port.)

Coordinates: 32 ° 40 ′ 25.7 ″  N , 16 ° 54 ′ 7.6 ″  W.