Water Alley
One of the most unique streets in the city.
Also called «Callejón del agua» and formerly «Muro del agua», it is a parapet, that is, a street that runs along the city wall. This section of the wall had in its interior two pipes that led the water from the Caños de Carmona to the gardens of the Reales Alcázares; and this is where the street got its name. The gardens on the other side of the wall are also the result of a cession in 1911 of a portion, located to the northwest, of the Huerta del Retiro del Alcázar. A new wall was then built to enclose the gardens of the Alcázar, from the Callejón del Agua to the Paseo de Catalina de Ribera, as it is today.
At the end of this alley are the Murillo gardens, which present a composition based on paths in a grid using hedges and pavements. They were given the name Jardines de Murillo because they are near the house where the famous painter Bartolomé Esteban Murillo was born.
At the end of this alley are the Murillo Gardens, which feature a composition based on grid paths using hedges and pavements.
