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Padua Sights

Orto Botanico

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  • Address
    • Via dell'Orto Botanico City Centre
  • Phone
    • 049 827 21 19
  • Price
    • adult/student & child €4/1
  • Hours
    • 9am-1pm & 3-6pm Apr-Oct, 9am-1pm Mon-Sat Nov-Mar

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South of Piazza del Santo, a Unesco World Heritage site is growing. Padua’s Orto Botanico was planted in 1545 by Padua University’s medical faculty to study the medicinal properties of rare plants, and served as a clandestine Resistance meeting headquarters in WWII. The oldest tree in here is nicknamed ‘Goethe’s palm’, planted in 1585 and mentioned by the great German writer in his Voyage in Italy.

 

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