  | The Soutomaior Castle Gardens
Date: 1870 Council: Soutomaior Localization: Soutomaior Castle, 36691 Soutomaior A land with an area of 25 hectares with an extensive use over its 800 years of existence. Its garden was created in 1870 thanks to the planning ordered by the then owner of the castle, the Marquis de la Vega de Armijo. The project sought the development of a garden in which exotic species of trees, bushes, ornamental plants, as well as autochthonous varieties coexisted side by side. All of the above within a garden with a rationalist style, very much in use in palatial residences at the end of the 19th century. Its botanic collection is of great interest due to its diversity of species as well as because of the age and the size of some trees, not only with respect to autochthonous varieties but also those that come from the five continents, amongst which we can highlight sequoias, tree ferns, many types of Chile pines and cedar trees. Since the 1980's, when the castle became the asset of the Provincial Government of Pontevedra, the initial camellias collection, catalogued as one of the oldest in Galicia, became the starting point for the creation of one of the best camellias collections in the world, which includes more than five hundred specimens.Open all days of the year. No entrance fee. |