Descrizione
The gardens of Arco are located in the city center. They are located behind the collegiate church Santa Maria Assunta and are one of the green lungs of the city of Arco. Created around 1870 to the design of the engineer Saverio Tamanini. They were renovated in 1998. There are exotic evergreens that testify to the mild climate of Arco. In the gardens of Arco there are 450 trees and shrubs corresponding to 128 species and botanical varieties.
What to see
There are many old trees in the garden. Among them the Himalayan cedar stands out, which is located in the central flower bed. The tree was planted around 1870 when the gardens were created. It was the beginning of the Kurort era, and Arco was rapidly changing to become a city of healing and stay famous throughout Europe. Since those times the gardens connected the public spaces and the gardens of the villas, to reach the olive grove.
Here’s what you can find at Arco Gardens:
Laurels
Oleanders
Myrtles
Hibiscus
Privet
Nadine
Cordiline
Blue palm: Among the palms deserves particular attention the beautiful specimen of blue palm that stands in the flowerbed south of the Collegiate, but there is also the buzia, the desert palm, the dwarf palm.
Chinese palms: The Chinese palms with 76 individuals, represent the most numerous species and are frequent also in the private gardens of Arco.
Frutti delle Magnolie
Horse chestnuts
Interesting from the historical point of view, are the horse chestnuts, which in the nineteenth century were highly appreciated for their abundant flowering and fresh shade. The illustrious Arcense Prospero Marchetti had 180 arrive directly from Milan, to beautify the city and make it more welcoming.
Bougainvillea
Ginko
Dogwood
Metasequoia
The metasequoia allows us to dive into the most remote past: this tree was known only as a fossil until the 1940s, when more than 100 living specimens were found in China.
Cedars: cedars of Lebanon, Himalayas and Atlas, Aleppo pine, Arizona, Monterey and California cypress, yews, paulownia, calocedri, Japan medlar,
Olive trees
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