Phoenix Park
Parkgate St, Co. Dublin, Ireland
Description:
Phoenix Park is one of the largest urban parks in the world with an area of 707 hectares. It is located in the north-east of Dublin, 3 kilometers from the center.
In the 12th and 16th centuries, the land on which the park is located belonged to the Order of John, but in 1662, after the confiscation of the land, the Duke of Ormond founded a royal hunting park on this site, and in 1745 it was opened to the public.
On its territory you can see 351 species of plants, you can visit such attractions as the presidential residence, built in 1754, the 15th century Ashtown Castle, the Dublin Zoo, which houses more than 700 different species of animals and birds, the 63-meter monument in honor of Wellington, erected in the 18th century.