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Queen Califia's Magical Circle GardenEscondido, California
Queen Califia’s Magical Circle garden is a definite must-see in a tour of weird Southern California attractions. Huge sculptures are covered with thousands and thousands of bright shimmering glimmering pieces of colored and mirrored glass.
That's tall!
The eagle is cool! It has 5 legs and a mosaic night-sky dome under its belly. So look up when you walk under the eagle!
There are tall totems surrounding the queen and eagle. They have a variety of all sorts of different creatures and symbols on them. The artist, Niki de Saint Phalle, took a mix of legends and myths from many different cultures all over the world and put them together in bright colorful totems. This is the only sculpture garden in the U.S. by Niki de Saint Phalle. Her other sculpture garden The Tarot Garden, is in the Tuscany region of Italy. Queen Califia's Magical Circle garden is tucked away in an undeveloped portion of Kit Carson Park in Escondido, California. Directions: From I-15 in Escondido, take the Via Rancho Parkway exit east. It becomes Bear Valley Parkway. Turn left at Mary Lane. (The San Pasqual High School is on the right where you're supposed to turn.) Follow this almost to the end (straight across is the path to the garden) and there's parking off to the right. It is about 1/4 mile walk to Queen Califia’s Magical Circle garden.
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