
The Botanic Garden of
Antwerp
Antwerp (; ; ) is a City status in Belgium, city and a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of Antwerp Province, and the third-largest city in Belgium by area at , after ...
, which also carries the name Den Botaniek (also sometimes locally called Den Botanieken Hof or Kruidtuin), is a landscaped
botanical garden
A botanical garden or botanic gardenThe terms ''botanic'' and ''botanical'' and ''garden'' or ''gardens'' are used more-or-less interchangeably, although the word ''botanic'' is generally reserved for the earlier, more traditional gardens. is ...
created in 1825 in the inner city of Antwerp located at the Leopoldstraat, covering an area of slightly less than 1 hectare. Before that the park was, at the end of the 18th century, a plant garden for the ''Ecole Centrale'' and then the herb garden and later the vegetable garden of the Sint-Elisabethgasthuis in Antwerp.
The Garden in its present form was laid out by dokter Claude-Louis Sommé and supported the lessons in external pathology at the ''école de médecine'', an education in medicine. The gardeners home in the park dates back to 1870 and the entrance gate, designed by
Pierre Bruno Bourla to 1826. Burla also designed the Orangerie of the garden which is however no longer situated within the current area of the garden. The Orangerie contains busts of
Linnaeus
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and
de Jussieu and the names of
De L'Escluse,
De L'Obel, Van Sterbeeck,
Dodoens
Rembert Dodoens (born Rembert van Joenckema, 29 June 1517 – 10 March 1585) was a Flemish physician and botanist, also known under his Latinized name Rembertus Dodonaeus. He has been called the father of botany.
Life
Dodoens was born Rembe ...
and
Dumortier on the facade.
The garden is managed by the City Council of Antwerp since 1926.
Since January 1950 the herb garden is a
protected landscape
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The enlisting of such areas is part ...
.
Kruidtuin Leopoldstraat Antwerpen
- Fiche Onroerend Erfgoed The garden holds a collection of 2.000 plants, with in the Conservatory some cacti and other exotic plants. The garden is open daily, the Conservatory remains closed on Sundays. Entrance is free.
References
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Botanical gardens in Belgium
Gardens in Flanders
Parks in Antwerp