Jardínes Victoria

Order and harmony are the characteristics of these Victoria Gardens that back in the nineteenth century designed the French artist Adolph Coquet. However, its beauty not only lies in the perfect synchronization of each of its beds, but in the views that they have.

Elaborated in different steps that seem to go into the sea, from them you can see as background landscape, from the heights, the Atlantic Ocean, always present in these islands.

Inside there is an elegant mausoleum built in white marble in which eight Corinthian columns stand out in which there is an omega symbol. This mausoleum was built to bury Diego de Ponte, Marquis of the Quinta Roja, to whom the church refused a Christian burial for his membership in Freemasonry. However, after the revolution of 1868 and a year later the constitution of 1869 that proclaimed freedom of worship, Freemasonry stopped being persecuted, so the Church had to lift its denial and finally agree to be buried in holy land .

The Mausoleum was empty, but still today is one of the most remarkable elements of these gardens, and of course, more photographed.

Curiously, these Victoria gardens were built to shelter in an elegant mausoleum the remains of Diego de Pinte, Marquis of the Quinta Roja, to whom the church had denied his Christian burial. However, and even when the mausoleum was built, the Marquis did not end up being buried in it.

Visiting hours:

-The whole year

-From 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Price of the visit:

-Free