Botanical Garden sights in Paris
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Jardin des Plantes
Paris’ 24-hectare Jardin des Plantes was founded in 1626 as a medicinal herb garden for Louis XIII. Here you’ll find the Eden-like Jardin d’Hiver (Winter Garden), also called the Serres Tropicales (Tropical Greenhouses); the Jardin Alpin with 2000 mountain plants; and the gardens of the École de Botanique where students of Paris’ Botany School ‘practise’.
The Ménagerie du Jardin des Plantes, a medium-size (5.5 hectare, 1000 animals) zoo in the northern section of the garden, was founded in 1794. During the Prussian siege of Paris in 1870, most of the animals were eaten by starving Parisians.
A two-day combined ticket covering all the Jardin des Plantes sight…
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