Jardin des plantes

Jardin des Plantes
Jardin des plantes
The exterior of the Grande Galerie de l'Évolution ('Gallery of Evolution'). Drawing plans by architect Louis-Jules André, 1889, when it still was named Galerie de Zoologie ('Gallery of Zoology').
Jardin des plantes is located in Paris
Jardin des plantes
Location within Paris
Established1635 (1635)
LocationParis, France
Coordinates48°50′38″N 2°21′35″E / 48.84396°N 2.35960°E / 48.84396; 2.35960
Typebotanical garden
Visitors1,586,450[1]
Public transit accessJussieu
Austerlitz
Muséum national d'histoire naturelle network

The Jardin des Plantes (French for "Garden of the Plants"), also known as the Jardin des Plantes de Paris (French: [ʒaʁdɛ̃ plɑ̃t paʁi]) when distinguished from other jardins des plantes in other cities, is the main botanical garden in France. Jardin des Plantes is the official name in the present day, but it is in fact an elliptical form of Jardin Royal des Plantes Médicinales ("Royal Garden of the Medicinal Plants"), which is related to the original purpose of the garden back in the 17th century.

Headquarters of the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (National Museum of Natural History, part of Sorbonne University), the Jardin des Plantes is situated in the 5th arrondissement, Paris, on the left bank of the river Seine, and covers 28 hectares (280,000 m2). Since 24 March 1993,[2] the entire garden and its contained buildings, archives, libraries, greenhouses, ménagerie (a zoo), works of art, and specimens' collection are classified as a national historical landmark in France (labelled monument historique).

  1. ^ "Tourism in Paris: Key Figures 2016". Paris Visitors and Convention Bureau. p. 19. Archived from the original on 30 March 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  2. ^ Base Mérimée: Jardin des plantes et Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)