* The author is part of the community of readers of La Vanguardia
I have captured these photographs for La Vanguardia Readers' Photos of the grove during one of the winter walks through the Devesa de Girona.
La Devesa is the largest urban park in Catalonia, located between the Ter, Onyar and Güell rivers. It is made up of 40 hectares of greenery, nine of which are walks covered by vaults created by the crowns of the century-old plane trees.
A devesa is generally fenced and wooded land, usually used for pastures, hunting and the use of firewood. It had this function before becoming a walking place in 1767, as it is today.
The short distance between the tree specimens has forced them to grow more in height than in width and this has caused them to reach exceptional heights of up to 60 meters.
This park brings together around 2,500 plane trees. The central part of La Devesa stands out, the Passeig de la Sardana, an ideal place to relax among the trees.
