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The Jardim Botânico de Curitiba, in Portuguese, or the Botanical Garden of Curitiba, in 
The native forest is filled with paths for strolling. Behind the greenhouse is the Museum of Franz Krajcber
the Polish Brazilian artist who took up the cause of
In the other side of the park is the Botanical Museum, a wooden building whose main entrance is reached through a wooden bridge. The Botanical Museum of Curitiba has the fourth largest
Image:Jardim Botânico Fanchette Rischbieter em Curitiba 03.jpg, The garden
Image:Antiga.JardimBotanicoCuritiba.JPG, In the inaugural year
Image:'JardimBotanico.BotanicalGarden.CuritibaParanaBrasilBrazil.JPG, The French gardens
Image:MuseuBotanico.Curitiba.JPG, Botanic Museum
Image:JardimBotanicoCuritiba.jpg, "A Mãe" (''"The Mother"'') sculpture
Image:PlantasEstufaJardimBotânicoCuritiba.JPG,
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, also known as the "Jardim Botânico Fanchette Rischbieter", is a park
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located in the city
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of Curitiba
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- the capital
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of the state
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of Paraná, and the biggest city in southern Brazil
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. It is the major tourist attraction and landmark of the city, and it houses part of the campus of the Federal University of Paraná. The international identification code is CURIT.
Opened in 1991, Curitiba's trademark botanical garden
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was created in the style of French gardens. Once by the portal of entry, one may see extensive gardens in the French style amidst fountains, waterfalls and lakes, and the main greenhouse of 458 square meters, which shelters in its interior, specimens of plants characteristic of tropical region
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s. It rolls out its carpet of flowers to the visitors right at the entrance. The park occupies 240.000 m² in area. The principal greenhouse
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, in an art nouveau
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style with a modern metallic structure, resembles the mid-19th century Crystal Palace
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in London
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. The Botanic Museum, which provides a national reference collection of native
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flora
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, attracts researchers from all over the world. It includes many botanic species
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from the moist Atlantic Forest
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s of eastern Brazil.
The native forest is filled with paths for strolling. Behind the greenhouse is the Museum of Franz Krajcberthe Polish Brazilian artist who took up the cause of
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; with 1,320 square meters of area, divided into multimedia classrooms, an auditorium with 60 seats and lounge with several exhibitions of works donated by visual artists, represented by sculptures and reliefs, as well as photographs, videos, publications and educational materials.
In the other side of the park is the Botanical Museum, a wooden building whose main entrance is reached through a wooden bridge. The Botanical Museum of Curitiba has the fourth largest herbarium
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in the country. In front of the construction there is a pond with carp
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, turtle
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s, heron
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s, etc., and around the building there is a lake, an auditorium, a library, an expositions area, a theatre, tennis courts and a cycle track.
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s inside the greenhouse
Image:JardimBotanicoCuritiba.plantasdecuritiba.JPG, Garden with native flowers
Image:Espa o Cultural Frans Krajcberg - Curitiba (40833438).jpg, Inside the Frans Krajcberg Gallery
Image:CuritibaBotanicoOutubroRosa.JPG, On Breast Cancer Day
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