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Botanical Garden of Toulouse - Jardin
Botanique Henri Gaussen
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Again, I had a visit to Jardin des
Plantes (Botanical garden) of Toulouse. It is created in
1730 by the Société des sciences de Toulouse
(Society of Sciences of Toulouse), after some changes in
location, it became both a large botanical garden and
also a place where the poorest of the city could collect
medicinal plants, growing to contain some 1,300 species,
both local and acclimatised. By decree of July 27, 1808,
Napoleon gave the grounds and the buildings of the
garden to the city, and during the battle of Toulouse
(April 10, 1814), the garden was used as artillery
point. In 1885 the garden was slightly trimmed due to
the construction of the Faculty of Medicine near the
Allée Jules-Guesde, but at the same time it increased in
size towards the Grand Allée. The garden was transformed
for the arrival of the international exhibition of 1887,
becoming a park. The botanical garden, the Jardin botanique Henri Gaussen, is bordered by the Medical school, the Natural history museum, the Daniel-Sorano theatre and the Saint-Exupère church. The entrance door in the garden is a reconstitution of one of the doors of old Capitole, and dates back to 1886. The Northern door at Ozenne street was drawn by Virebent |
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| Iris lutescens - Iridaceae et Tulipa sylvestris - Liliaceae | |
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| Echinocactus grusonii - Cactaceae - Mexique | Crassula ovata - Crassulaceae - Afrique |
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more pictures of Toulouse botanical garden: http://agrofoodchain.blogspot.fr/2011/10/botanical-garden-of-toulouse.html
last updat: mercredi, 27 février 2013 02:33 Copyright ©2005