The workshop for adults 'Islamic courtyards symbology Paradise' organized by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Universities at the Museum of Santa Clara have been a public success since its launch to coincide with the International Day of Museums until its conclusion today.
This initiative has allowed visitors to learn in depth the two Andalusian gardens are there in the monumental complex of Santa Clara.
These courts, which take the baton of many influences from different empires, symbolism and utility combine in conception and in them you can see his influence on later famous gardens, both the Renaissance and the Baroque.
The Director General of Cultural and Artistic Education, Carmen Batres said that "the Region of Murcia has managed to retain these two magnificent examples of Andalusian gardens of palaces of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries in the center of Murcia".
Through these workshops, he added, "besides the pleasure for all the senses that evoke these spaces, the visitor has come to know the secrets of the spiritual concept of enclosed garden and its history."
This workshop for adults, which is scheduled on an exceptional basis, the evolution and symbolism of the Andalusian patios and explains how accurately reflect paradise as narrated in the Qur'an.
They also have important influences of ancient empires of the Near and Middle East, including the Persian Avesta paradise.
These gardens Hispano wraps everything that can provide pleasure to the senses: sight for the color, light and shadow;
to smell, aromatic plants or the scent of flowers;
ear, the sound of water and the song of birds;
for touch, the different textures of the resources that are as vegetation, water, adobe and tile;
and taste, the taste of the fruit.
Source: CARM