In 1893 the Infanta María Luisa, Duchess of Montpensier, decided to donate the San Telmo Palace to the Church and the palace gardens to the citizens of Seville, who gave her name as a sign of gratitude. In that same year is built the Queen Sewer.

In 1910 the park is chosen as the main location of the IberoAmerican Exposition of 1929. Aníbal González oversaw the architectural part, and Forestier of the gardening works. The part is completely transformed into a more romantic style, inspired by the Alcazar (Seville), the Alhambra and the Generalife (Granada). Begin to flourish the Lotos Roundabout, the Lions’ Garden and the Fountain of the Frogs.

Afterwards, the arbours of Becquer, Cervantes, Mas y Prat and the Álvarez Quintero brothers. Aníbal González designed the Plaza de América, the Royal Pavilion, the Mudejar Pavilion and the Pavilion of Fine Arts. These two last, accommodates the Archaeological Museum of Seville and the Arts and Popular Customs respectively. The Plaza de España has a semicircular layout, flanqued by two towers 80 meters high.

Between them there is a 170 meters long gallery. The fifty eight benches of the lower area display historical moments of the Spanish provinces. Aníbal chose tiles in combination with bricks and marble columns for this work, considered the most beautiful exponent of Sevillian Regionalism.