Museo di Storia Naturale dell'Università di Firenze - Orto Botanico "Giardino dei Semplici"

Getting there

Piazza Isidoro Del Lungo · bus 322 A, 330 A, 333 A, 343 A, 345 A, 345BIS A, 350 A, 351 A, 353 A, 354 A, 357 A, 360 A, 365 A, 370 A, SI330, SI90 · 470 mSAN MARCO PIAZZA · bus 14, 17, 18, 23, 31, 32, 6, 60, C1 · 240 mCOLONNA PERGOLA · bus 14, 18, 23, 31, 32, 6, 60 · 460 m

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The Botanical Garden, called also “Giardino dei Semplici”, created by the Medicis as a garden for medicinal plants (the “Simples”) in 1545, are among the oldest Gardens in the world. Between the 16th and 17th centuries, it enjoyed a period of great splendour. It covers an area of over two hectares, indoors and outdoors. In its warm and cold greenhouses, built in the nineteenth century and the largest in Italy, are placed tropical and subtropical plants including the collections of Cicadae, of particular interest, Ficus, Palms, an ancient collection of citruses, succulent and aquatic plants, in addition to a rich collection of plants for traditional ethnobotanical uses.

Text from FeelFlorence (en), the official tourism portal of the Comune di Firenze and the Citta Metropolitana di Firenze; shortened

• Giardino dei Semplici2 min walk