Rosedal del Prado, Rose garden in Prado District, Montevideo, Uruguay.
Rosedal del Prado is a rose garden in the Prado district of Montevideo, laid out by French landscaper Charles Racine with architects Eugenio Baroffio and Juan Scasso. Four pergolas sixty metres long carry eight Art Nouveau domes, and a bronze fountain ringed by twenty columns marks the centre. Eight paths radiate from the fountain, bordered by gardens holding more than three hundred varieties of old and modern roses.
The rose garden dates from 1912, when it was laid out with twelve thousand rose bushes imported from France in 1910. It was designed by French landscape architect Charles Racine together with architects Eugenio Baroffio and Juan Scasso. Its inauguration ceremony took place on 15 September 1912 at the Hotel del Prado, and the garden was named after the Uruguayan poet Juana de Ibarbourou. It is administered by the Intendencia de Montevideo.
The garden was named in honour of the Uruguayan poet Juana de Ibarbourou at its inauguration on 15 September 1912, held at the Hotel del Prado. It forms, together with the Profesor Atilio Lombardo Botanical Garden, a cultural and heritage walk through the Prado park.
The site is located on Avenida Buschental between Lucas Obes Avenue and Miguelete Stream and welcomes visitors free of charge throughout the year. The garden is easily accessible and open during all seasons without entrance fees.
The garden holds more than 300 varieties of old and modern roses, not over a thousand. Look for 'Albéric Barbier' (white), 'Lady Hillingdon' (yellow) and 'Louis Philippe' (red), old climbing roses planted around the central bronze fountain. The 1910 planting used 12,000 rose bushes imported from France.
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