Queen Victoria Gardens the Melbourne Arts Centre Spire and the city skyscrapers. Queen Victoria Gardens are part of a larger group of parklands directly south-east of the city, between St. Kilda Road and the Yarra River known as the Domain Parklands, which includes; A huge floral clock is positioned opposite the National Gallery of Victoria, containing over 7,000 flowering plants which are changed twice yearly. The clock was donated in 1966 to the City of Melbourne by a group of Swiss watchmakers. Behind the clock stands a bronze equestrian statue, a memorial to Queen Victoria's successor, King Edward VII. The statue, by Melbourne
Infanta Mariana Victoria of Portugal founders of the House of Bourbon-Braganza which subsequently joined the Spanish nobility as dukes of Marchena, Durcal, Hernani and Ansola. Mariana Victoria was buried at the Royal Monastery of El Escorial with her husband and her two young children. Infanta Mariana Victoria of Portugal Mariana Victoria of Portugal (or of Braganza; Portuguese: Mariana Vitória; full name: "Mariana Vitória Josefa Francisca Xavier de Paula Antonieta Joana Domingas Gabriela de Bragança"; or ; 15 December 1768 – 2 November 1788) was a Portuguese "Infanta" (princess), the eldest daughter of Queen Maria I of Portugal and her king-consort, Infante Pedro of Portugal. Mariana