Alcázar Garden

Alcazar Garden is identifiable by its formal, symmetrical layout of clipped boxwood hedges and the vibrant presence of turquoise, yellow, and green Moorish-style tiles. These tiles adorn its two central fountains and eight benches, creating a vivid color palette that stands out within the park. Originally created as the Montezuma Garden for the nineteen fifteen Panama-California Exposition, the space took its current form and name when architect Richard Requa redesigned it for the nineteen thirty-five California Pacific International Exposition. Requa modeled the garden after the palace gardens of Alcázar in Seville, Spain, drawing directly from his own architectural sketches and photographs taken during his travels through the Andalusia region.