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Orto Botanico
The University's Botanical Gardens
The University’s beautiful Botanical Garden, started by Ulisse Aldovrandi, is one of the oldest in the world. It's also the second-largest park in the city centre, with a collection of mostly Mediterranean flora, rock and herb gardens and ponds, along with such exotica as a fully grown sequoia, and greenhouses for cacti and insectivorous plants.
There's also a Botanical Museum and a Herbarium; the latter houses over 100,000 dried plants, although this is open, by appointment, only to students and researchers with documents proving their studies.
Practical Info 
Via Irnerio 42
Hours Gardens open Oct-Mar Tue-Sun 9am-3pm. Apr-Sept Tue-Sun 10am-6pm.
Adm Ga free
+39 051 209 1325
Text © Dana Facaros & Michael Pauls
Image by ortobotanicoitalia.it