- Address: Plaza de Murillo, 2, Madrid
- Phone: + 34 914 203 017
- Website: www.rjb.csic.es
As in any southern city, in the capital of Spain, a lot of parks and gardens are broken, they all smell with flowers and are buried in greenery for the joy of vacationing townspeople. And one of these oases is the Royal Botanic Garden of Madrid (Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid).
The Botanical Garden was defeated in the middle of the XVII century by the decision of King Ferdinand II at the river Manzanares. More than two thousand plants were planted, followed by botanist Jose Ker. The next ruler, Charles III, moved the garden to the center of the city, where he is today - next to the Prado Museum . And in 1781 the garden was opened in a new place, and one of the architects of the landscape was the famous Francesco Sabatini. From year to year in the botanical garden of Madrid from the whole Spanish empire were brought rare and outlandish plants, many of which spread throughout Europe began precisely in Spain. Later in the Royal Garden built the first greenhouse, but the hurricane in 1886 destroyed most of the plantations and buildings. Serious reconstruction took place only after almost 90 years, thanks to which the Royal Botanic Gardens acquired its original appearance and layout.
The garden is spread over several hectares, its area periodically increases. Currently, it has five greenhouses, on its territory there are about 1.5 thousand different trees, and in all - about 90 thousand plants. Over the years of the garden, employees have collected a unique herbarium, which today stores more than one million samples. In one of the hotbeds, the modern climate system supports the climatic zones of the subtropics, tropics and desert.
The Royal Botanic Garden of Madrid boasts:
- alley olive from ancient trees, they managed to recover after the hurricane;
- a huge collection of all kinds of cacti, incl. poisonous;
- a collection of outlandish bonsai in the number of 109 pieces, which were transferred for free as a gift by the former President of Spain, Felipe Gonzalez;
- a magnificent collection of rare aquatic plants.
How to get to the Royal Garden?
You can reach the Royal Botanic Gardens by:
- by metro L1 to Atocha station and go through Paseo del Prado (where the world-famous Prado Museum is located, along with such museums in Madrid as the Queen Sofia Art Center and the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in the Golden Triangle of Arts) to Plaza de Murillo;
- city buses No. 10, 14, 19, 24, 26, 27, 32, 34, 45, 57, 140;
- by car on the coordinates, near the park there is a parking lot.
The Botanical Garden of Madrid in the season is open daily from 10:00 to 20:00, except for Christmas and New Year's holidays. An adult ticket costs around € 2.
We recommend that you buy a botanical magazine. Next year, the garden will celebrate the 65th anniversary of the release of its print edition Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid.
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