This list of botanical gardens in Italy is intended to include all significant
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A botanical garden or botanic gardenThe terms ''botanic'' and ''botanical'' and ''garden'' or ''gardens'' are used more-or-less interchangeably, although the word ''botanic'' is generally reserved for the earlier, more traditional gardens, an ...
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arboretums in
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Alpine Botanical Garden of Campo Imperatore (
Giardino Botanico Alpino di Campo Imperatore)
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Giardino Botanico Daniela Brescia The Giardino Botanico Daniela Brescia (43,000 m2) is a botanical garden located in the Majella National Park (Parco Nazionale della Majella) at an altitude of 900 meters above sea level, Sant'Eufemia a Maiella, Abruzzo, Italy. It is open daily in t ...
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Giardino Botanico della Majella
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Giardino Botanico e Arboreto Appenninico del Parco Nazionale d'Abruzzo
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Giardino Botanico Gole del Sagittario
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Giardino Botanico "Loreto Grande" The Giardino Botanico "Loreto Grande" is a small botanical garden located in the Parco Nazionale d'Abruzzo, Lazio e Molise, in the commune of Villavallelonga, province of L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy.
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Giardino Botanico Mediterraneo
The Giardino Botanico Mediterraneo (10 hectares) is a botanical garden located along the Adriatic Sea about 2 kilometers north of San Salvo, Province of Chieti, Abruzzo, Italy. It is open Monday through Friday in the warmer months; an admission ...
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Giardino Botanico Michele Tenore The Giardino Botanico della Majella (3500 m2), also known as the Giardino Botanico Michele Tenore, is a botanical garden located in the Majella National Park (Parco Nazionale della Majella) at Via Colle della Madonna I-66010, Lama dei Peligni, Provi ...
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Giardino dei Semplici, Chieti
The Giardino dei Semplici, also known as the Orto Botanico dell'Università D'Annunzio is a botanical garden in Chieti, Abruzzo, central Italy, operated by the D'Annunzio University. It is officially recognized as an area of regional interest.
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Orto Botanico dell'Università dell'Aquila
The Orto Botanico dell'Università dell'Aquila, also known as the Orto Botanico di Collemaggio, is a botanical garden in L'Aquila, Abruzzo, central Italy, operated by the University of L'Aquila. Measuring 5.5 hectares, it is located near the basi ...
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Orto Botanico di Collemaggio Orto may refer to:
* Orto, Corse-du-Sud
Orto (; co, Ortu) is a commune in the Corse-du-Sud department of France on the island of Corsica.
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Orto Botanico Riserva Lago di Penne
The Orto botanico riserva Lago di Penne (Italian: ''Botanical garden of the Penne Lake Preserve'') is a botanical garden located within the , southwest of Penne, Abruzzo, Italy. The garden was established in 1988 and contains plants organized by ...
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Botanical Garden at the Sorgenti del Cavuto
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Apulia
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Orto Botanico dell'Università di Bari
The Orto Botanico di APS Parco Domingo Comunità Empatica e Sostenibile Bari, also known as the Orto Domingo, Orto dei Miracoli, and Hortus Botanicus Barensis, is a botanical garden in Bari, Apulia, Italy.
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Orto Botanico dell'Università di Lecce, at Via Provinciale Lecce-Monteroni,
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Calabria
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Giardino Botanico Santicelli, at
Soverato
Soverato ( Calabrian: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Catanzaro in the Calabria region of Southern Italy.
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Orto Botanico dell'Università della Calabria, at
Rende
Rende is a city and ''comune'' in the province of Cosenza, Calabria, southern Italy, home to the headquarters of the University of Calabria. It has a population of about 35,000, or more than 60,000 if the university students living there are tak ...
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Botanical Garden of Naples (
Orto Botanico dell'Università di Napoli)
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L'Hortus Camaldulensis di Napoli
L'Hortus Camaldulensis di Napoli, also known as the Camaldoli garden, is a private botanical garden in Naples, Italy. The garden was established in 1816 by , Count Camaldoli, and features collections of '' Acacia'', Agavaceae, '' Melaleuca'', '' ...
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Orto Botanico di Portici (
Orto Botanico della Facoltà di Agraria dell'Università di Napoli-Portici)
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Giardini Ravino (succulents and cacti)
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Civico Orto Botanico "Ulisse Aldrovandi", S. Giovanni in Persiceto
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Giardino Botanico Alpino "Esperia", Sestola
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Giardino Botanico del Museo Civico di Scienze Naturali di Faenza
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Giardino Botanico di Valbonella, Corniolo, Forlì
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Giardino dei Semplici, Bagnacavallo
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Giardino delle Erbe "A. Rinaldi Ceroni" (
Giardino Officinale di Casola Valsenio)
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Orto Botanico dell'Università di Bologna
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Orto Botanico dell'Università di Ferrara
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Orto Botanico dell'Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia
The Orto Botanico dell'Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, also known as the Orto Botanico di Modena or formerly Hortus Botanicus Mutinensis, is a botanical garden operated by the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. It is located next to t ...
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Orto Botanico dell'Università di Parma (
Orto Botanico di Parma
The Orto Botanico di Parma, also known as the Orto Botanico dell'Università di Parma, is a botanical garden maintained by the University of Parma. It is located on the Viale Martiri della Libertà, Parma, Italy, and open daily without charge.
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Friuli-Venezia Giulia
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Arboreto Pascul, Tarcento, Udine
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Civico Orto Botanico di Trieste (
Botanical Garden of Trieste)
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Giardino Botanico Carsiana (
Carsiana Botanical Garden), Sgonico, Trieste
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Orto Botanico dell'Università di Trieste
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Orto Botanico Friulano, Udine
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Parco Botanico Friulano "Cormor", Udine
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Giardini Botanici di Stigliano
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Giardino Botanico di Collepardo
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Giardino Botanico Ponziano, Ponza
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Giardino delle Orchidee Spontanee del Mediterraneo, Ladispoli
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Orto Botanico dell'Università della Tuscia
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Orto Botanico dell'Università di Roma "La Sapienza" (
Orto Botanico di Roma)
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Orto Botanico dell'Università di Tor Vergata
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Liguria
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Giardini Botanici Hanbury
The Giardini Botanici Hanbury, also known as Villa Hanbury, are major botanical gardens operated by the University of Genoa. They are located at Corso Montecarlo 43, Mortola Inferiore, several km west of Ventimiglia, Italy.
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Giardino botanico Clelia Durazzo Grimaldi, Pegli
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Giardino Botanico Montano di Pratorondanino, Campo Ligure
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Orto Botanico dell'Università di Genova
The Orto Botanico dell'Università di Genova (1 hectare), also known as the Orto Botanico di Genova, is a botanical garden operated by the University of Genoa, and located at Corso Dogali, Genoa, Liguria, Italy.
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Orto Botanico di Montemarcello
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Orto Botanico di Villa Beuca
The Orto Botanico di Villa Beuca (34,000 m²) is a botanical garden situated in Beuca, on a terrace nearly 100 meters above the sea located around the Villa Beuca not far from the slopes of the Regional Natural Park of Beigua, in Cogoleto, Provinc ...
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Lombardy
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Giardino Botanico Alpino di Pietra Corva
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Giardino Botanico Alpino "Rezia", Bormio, Sondrio
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Giardino Botanico Fondazione André Heller
The Giardino Botanico Fondazione André Heller (2 acres), also known as the Giardino Botanico A. Hruska, is a botanical garden located on the grounds of the André Heller Foundation above Lake Garda, in via Roma, Gardone Riviera, Province of Bres ...
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Giardino Botanico Intragnola, Lago Maggiore
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Giardino Botanico Polidora, Laveno Mombello
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Giardino Botanico Trebbo Trebbi
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Giardino Montano per la Conservazione della Biodiversità "Ruggero Tomaselli", Varese
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Orto Botanico dell'Università di Pavia
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Orto Botanico di Bergamo "Lorenzo Rota"
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Orto Botanico di Brera, Milan
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Orto Botanico di Cascina Rosa, Milan
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Orto Botanico Didattico Sperimentale dell'Università di Milano, Milan
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Orto Botanico "G.E. Ghirardi", Toscolano Maderno
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Marche
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Arboretum Apenninicum The Arboretum Apenninicum (9 hectares) is an arboretum operated by the University of Camerino, and located in Tuseggia, Camerino, Province of Macerata, Marche, Italy.
The arboretum was established in 1990 in an agricultural area, and is currentl ...
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Giardino Botanico, Istituto Tecnico Agrario Statale "Celso Ulpiani", Ascoli Piceno
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Orto Botanico dell'Università di Camerino The Orto Botanico dell'Università di Camerino, also known as the Orto Botanico di Camerino, is a nearly botanical garden operated by the University of Camerino, and located at Viale Oberdan 2, Camerino, Province of Macerata, Marche, Italy.
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Orto Botanico dell'Università Politecnica delle Marche (
Orto Botanico dell'Università di Ancona)
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Orto Botanico "Pierina Scaramella" (
Orto Botanico dell'Università di Urbino)
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Giardino di Flora Appenninica Giardino della flora appenninica di Capracotta (10 hectares) is a botanical garden of alpine flowers located at 1,550 meters altitude at the base of Monte Campo, along the main road towards Prato Gentile in Capracotta, Province of Isernia, Molise, ...
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Piedmont
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Giardini Botanici dell'Isola Madre, Stresa
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Giardini Botanici Villa Taranto, Pallanza, Verbania
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Giardino Botanico Alpinia, Stresa
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Giardino Botanico Alpino "Bruno Peyronel", Val Pellice, Torino
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Giardino Botanico Alpino Valderia
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Giardino Botanico di Oropa
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Giardino Botanico Rea, Val Sangone, Torino
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Orto Botanico di Torino (
Orto Botanico dell'Università di Torino
The Orto Botanico dell'Università di Torino (2.6 hectares) is a botanical garden and arboretum operated by the Dipartimento di Biologia Vegetale of the University of Turin. It is located in the Parco del Valentino along the Po River, at Viale Pie ...
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Sardinia
Sardinia ( ; it, Sardegna, label=Italian, Corsican and Tabarchino ; sc, Sardigna , sdc, Sardhigna; french: Sardaigne; sdn, Saldigna; ca, Sardenya, label=Algherese and Catalan) is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after ...
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Arboreto Mediterraneo del Limbara
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Giardino Montano Linasia
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Orto Botanico di Cagliari (
Orto Botanico dell'Università di Cagliari)
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Orto Botanico dell'Università di Sassari
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Sicily
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Giardino Botanico "Nuova Gussonea"
The Giardino Botanico "Nuova Gussonea" is a botanical garden located at an altitude of 1700 m on the southern side of Mount Etna, in area B of the Etna Natural Park, Ragalna, Province of Catania, Sicily, Italy. It has a surface of about 10 hectar ...
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Orto Botanico dell'Università di Catania
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Orto Botanico dell'Università di Messina
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Orto Botanico dell'Università di Palermo
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Tuscany
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Arboreti di Vallombrosa, Reggello, Firenze
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Giardino Botanico Tropicale dell'Istituto Agronomico per l'Oltremare, Firenze
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Giardino delle Rose
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Giardino dell'Iris
Giardino dell'Iris is a botanical garden specializing in the cultivation of iris (plant), iris flowers, symbol of Florence since 1251. It is located on the corner of Viale dei Colli and Piazzale Michelangelo in Florence, Italy, and open daily wit ...
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Giardino Montano dell' Orecchiella
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Museo e Arboreto Carlo Siemoni, Badia Prataglia, Arezzo
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Orto Botanico Comunale di Lucca
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Orto Botanico dei Frignoli, Fivizzano, Massa
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Orto Botanico del Mediterraneo, Livorno
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Orto Botanico dell'Università di Siena
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Orto Botanico di Firenze
The Orto Botanico di Firenze (2.3 hectares), also known as the Giardino dei Semplici, the "Garden of simples",A ''simple'' is a medicament obtained from an herb (see Herbalism), as opposed to a ''compound'' mixed by the apothecary on instruction fr ...
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Orto Botanico di Pisa
The Orto botanico di Pisa, also known as the Orto Botanico dell'Università di Pisa, is a botanical garden operated by the University of Pisa, and located at via Luca Ghini 5, Pisa, Italy.
The garden was established in 1544 under Cosimo I de' M ...
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Orto Botanico Forestale dell'Abetone
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Orto Botanico "Pania di Corfino"
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Orto Botanico delle Alpi Apuane "Pietro Pellegrini", Pian della Fioba
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Orto dei Semplici Elbano
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Arboreto di Arco
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Gardens of Trauttmansdorff Castle
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Giardino Botanico Alpino alle Viotte di Monte Bondone
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Giardino Botanico Alpino di Passo Coe
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Giardino Botanico Preistorico di Molina di Ledro
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Umbria
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Orto Botanico di Perugia (
Orto Botanico dell'Università di Perugia)
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Aosta Valley
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Paradisia Alpine Botanical Garden
The Giardino Alpino Paradisia or Jardin alpin Paradisia (French), is an alpine nature preserve and botanical garden located at 1700 meters altitude in the Gran Paradiso National Park at Valnontey, Cogne, Aosta Valley, Italy. It is open daily in t ...
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Savoy Castle Alpine Botanical Garden
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Chanousia Alpine Botanical Garden
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Alpine Botanical Garden Saussurea
The alpine botanical garden Saussurea ( it, Giardino Botanico Alpino Saussurea, french: Jardin botanique alpin Saussurea) is the highest alpine botanical garden in Europe, at 2,173 metres above sea level. It is located in Courmayeur, Aosta Valley, ...
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Giardino Alpino "Antonio Segni", Taibon Agordino, Belluno
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Giardino Botanico Alpino "Giangio Lorenzoni", al Pian di Cansiglio
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Giardino Botanico Alpino San Marco, Valli del Pasubio
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Giardino Botanico della Scuola Media Statale "E.Toti" di Musile di Piave, Musile di Piave
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Giardino Botanico delle Alpi Orientali (
Giardino Botanico di Monte Faverghera), Monte Faverghera
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Giardino Botanico Litoraneo di Porto Caleri
The Giardino Botanico Litoraneo di Porto Caleri (nearly 23 hectares), also known as the Giardino Botanico Litoraneo del Veneto, is a nature preserve and botanical garden located on Via Porto Caleri, Rosolina Mare, Rosolina, Province of Rovigo, Ven ...
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Giardino Fenologico "Alessandro Marcello", Treviso
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Giardino Officinale di Marzana, Verona
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Orto Botanico Conservativo Carlo Spegazzini, Treviso
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Orto Botanico Conservativo Francesco Busnello, Treviso
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Orto Botanico del Monte Baldo, Ferrara di Monte Baldo
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Orto Botanico di Padova
The Orto Botanico di Padova is a botanical garden in Padua, in the northeastern part of Italy. Founded in 1545 by the Venetian Republic, it is the world's oldest academic botanical garden that is still in its original location. The garden – af ...
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Orto Botanico Locatelli, Mestre
See also
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Botanical garden
A botanical garden or botanic gardenThe terms ''botanic'' and ''botanical'' and ''garden'' or ''gardens'' are used more-or-less interchangeably, although the word ''botanic'' is generally reserved for the earlier, more traditional gardens, an ...
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List of botanical gardens
A botanical garden is a place where plants, especially ferns, conifers and flowering plants, are grown and displayed for the purposes of research, conservation, and education. This distinguishes them from parks and pleasure gardens where plants, us ...
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History of gardening
The early history of gardening is largely entangled with the history of agriculture, with gardens that were mainly ornamental generally the preserve of the elite until quite recent times. Smaller gardens generally had being a kitchen garden as t ...
External links
Convention on Biological Diversity - Italian Botanical GardensThe official site of the botanical garden Intragnola, Lake Maggiore, Italy
Botanical gardens
A botanical garden or botanic gardenThe terms ''botanic'' and ''botanical'' and ''garden'' or ''gardens'' are used more-or-less interchangeably, although the word ''botanic'' is generally reserved for the earlier, more traditional gardens, an ...
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...
Botanical gardens
A botanical garden or botanic gardenThe terms ''botanic'' and ''botanical'' and ''garden'' or ''gardens'' are used more-or-less interchangeably, although the word ''botanic'' is generally reserved for the earlier, more traditional gardens, an ...