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Jardín Botánico de la Universidad de Granada

A small garden belonging to the University of Granada, between Calle Duquesa, Calle Málaga and Calle Escuelas, next to the Faculty of Law, on former orchards of a Jesuit college. Its origins are linked to the Enlightenment, with the date of 1783 and the work of Mariano del Amo y Mora around 1840. It preserves the original layout of the Botanical School, with 14 beds corresponding to Jussieu's 14 classes of flowering plants, so it can be compared with a botany textbook. There are also floricultural, medicinal and aromatic plants, ornamental species introduced into Granada, climbers and hedges. Notable specimens include a ginkgo planted in 1889, the most representative, a pagoda tree recorded in 1856, a Virginia persimmon, a Canary Island pine and cypresses near the fountain. The 19th-century railing and the entrance on Calle Duquesa, with reliefs of the botanists Cavanilles and Lagasca, are also noteworthy.

Things to do at Jardín Botánico de la Universidad de Granada: 4 missions

• Walk through the 14 beds of the Botanical SchoolStroll through the beds that reproduce Jussieu's 14 classes of flowering plants and look at the species labels.
• Compare the pagoda tree and the fountain cypressesLook for the old pagoda tree, recorded as early as 1856, and the cypresses near the fountain.
• Find the ginkgo planted in 1889Find the ginkgo, the garden's most representative tree, planted in 1889, and look for its label.
• See the reliefs of Cavanilles and LagascaAt the entrance on Calle Duquesa, look for the reliefs dedicated to the botanists Cavanilles and Lagasca.

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