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Lyon Botanical Garden

The botanical garden covers about eight hectares within the Parc de la Tête d'Or, in the 6th arrondissement, with access from Avenue Verguin. It was created in 1795 on the slopes of the Croix-Rousse and moved to the park in 1857, with the orangery rebuilt stone by stone. The metal greenhouses were put up in 1880 and rebuilt in 2000; the large greenhouse has a central pavilion 21 metres high. There are more than 15,000 plants and a greenhouse complex with nearly 6,000 species, including more than a thousand of orchids and carnivorous plants. Outside there is an alpine garden with 1,700 mountain species, from March to October, a historic rose garden with 360 varieties and the Madagascar greenhouse.

Things to do at Lyon Botanical Garden: 4 missions

• Walk through the alpine gardenWalk through the alpine garden, with some 1,700 mountain species, and photograph the label of one of them.
• Discover the Madagascar greenhouseGo into the Madagascar greenhouse and look for the plants that are endemic to the island.
• Find the orchids and the carnivorous plantsWalk through the greenhouses until you find the collections of orchids and carnivorous plants.
• Step into the central pavilion of the large greenhouseGo into the main greenhouse and look up at the iron and glass structure of the 21-metre central pavilion.

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Source: Web oficial - Visiter Lyon