Parque Central
Green urban park built over a former rail yard, laced with water channels and garden groves.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Parque Central in Valencia begins with the sound of water and the rail yards that once split the city's neighbourhoods apart. It follows the agreement signed in 2003 to bury the tracks, the landscape architect Kathryn Gustafson and her prize-winning design, and the ceramic-shaped garden bowls, from an orchard to a garden of scents. Best heard standing near one of the entrances, where the canals begin.
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