Jardin des Plantes
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As France’s most important botanical garden with a school, the Jardin des Plantes is 400 years old and originally a medicinal herb garden for French royalty. Get lost among its thousands of plant species and discover something delightful around every turn or learn something new at one of the garden’s four museums.
A zoo with a reptile house, a natural history museum, greenhouses, a merry-go-round peopled by endangered and extinct animals...and a brontosaurus-shaped jungle gym.
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The Jardin des Plantes, one of the most renowned botanical gardens in Paris, was founded as a medicinal garden by King Louis XIII in 1635.
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Founded in 1626 as a medicinal herb garden for Louis XIII, Paris’ 24-hectare botanical gardens are a serious institute rather than a leisure destination.
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Address: 57 Rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France
Phone: +33 1 40 79 56 01
Hours: Open (Closes at 8:00pm)
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