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A jardín histórico is a Spanish historic garden. In Spain ''Jardín histórico'' is a heritage listing which protects historic gardens. (The English equivalent would be the 
Some of Spain's national heritage sites are protected under more than one classification. For example, the Alhambra and
Definición de bienes culturales protegidos
English Heritage
English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that manages over 400 historic monuments, buildings and places. These include prehistoric sites, medieval castles, Roman forts and country houses.
The charity states that i ...
'Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of special historic interest in England
The Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England provides a listing and classification system for historic parks and gardens similar to that used for listed buildings. The register is managed by Historic England ...
'). The Spanish listing was established in 1983, replacing a former heritage category ''Jardín artístico''. It is currently regulated by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport.
Some of Spain's national heritage sites are protected under more than one classification. For example, the Alhambra and Generalife
The Generalife (; ar, جَنَّة الْعَرِيف, translit=Jannat al-‘Arīf) was a summer palace and country estate of the Nasrid rulers of the Emirate of Granada in Al-Andalus. It is located directly east of and uphill from the Alham ...
are designated for buildings and gardens.
Individual trees may be protected by ''Árbol singular'' status (the Spanish equivalent of a Tree preservation order
A tree preservation order (TPO) is a part of town and country planning in the United Kingdom. A TPO is made by a local planning authority (usually a local council) to protect specific trees or a particular area, group or woodland from deliberate d ...
). For example, a ''taxodium mucronatum
''Taxodium mucronatum'', commonly known as Montezuma bald cypress, Montezuma cypress, or ahuehuete, is a species of '' Taxodium'' that is primarily native to Mexico and Guatemala, with a few populations in the southwestern United States. Ahuehue ...
'' which is one of the oldest trees in the Buen Retiro Park is catalogued as an ''arbol singular'' and can be viewed with other remarkable trees on a trail.
See also
*Bien de Interés Cultural
A Bien de Interés Cultural is a category of the heritage register in Spain. The term is also used in Venezuela and other Spanish-speaking countries.
The term literally means a "good of cultural interest" (" goods" in the economic sense) and incl ...
. ''Jardín histórico'' is a sub-category within a broader category of ''Bien de Interés Cultural'', which protects Spain's cultural heritage.Ministry of Culture (Spain)
The Ministry of Culture and Sport (MCD) is the department of the Government of Spain responsible for the promotion, protection and dissemination of the Spanish historical heritage, national museums, art, books, reading and literary creation, ...
.
:As well as gardens, the category of ''Bien de Interés Cultural'' includes the following sub-categories of non-movable heritage:
** ''Conjunto histórico In Spain, the legal designation ''Conjunto histórico'' (formerly ''Conjunto Histórico-Artístico'' or "Historic-Artistic Grouping") is part of the national system of heritage listing. It is applied to buildings in a given locality. It is typicall ...
'', a type of conservation area (which may include one or more monuments).
** '' Monumento''
** ''Sitio histórico'' (for example the Bulls of Guisando
The Bulls of Guisando ( es, Toros de Guisando) are a set of ancient sculptures located on the hill of Guisando in the municipality of El Tiemblo, Ávila, Spain. The four sculptures, made of granite, represent quadrupeds identified as bulls or pig ...
)
** ''Zona arqueológica'', archaeological zone (for example the Archaeological Site of Atapuerca)
* Spanish garden
A traditional Spanish garden is a style of garden or designed landscape developed in historic Spain. Especially in America, the term tends to be used of a garden design style with a formal arrangement that evokes, usually not very precisely, the ...
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