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Giardino dei Semplici

Giardino dei Semplici is a museum, at a modelled elevation of 56 m. Poggio all'Aia stands 934 m to the north-northwest, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Giardino Enzo Bonaventura, a garden 0.1 miles away.

The story

The Orto Botanico di Firenze (2.3 hectares), also known as the Giardino dei Semplici, the "Garden of simples", is a botanical garden maintained by the University of Florence. It is located at Via Micheli, 3, Florence, Italy, and open weekday mornings.

The garden was established on December 1, 1545, by Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, and is Europe's third oldest, behind the Orto Botanico di Pisa and the Orto Botanico di Padova. It was first laid out by landscape gardener Niccolò Pericoli to a botanical system and plantings chosen by Luca Ghini, and rose to prominence under Cosimo III, with Pier Antonio Micheli as its director. As was typical of early European botanical gardens, its prime interest was in medicinal plants. However, as in 1753 the Società Botanica was formed, the garden's focus turned to "experimental agriculture" and its layout was revised accordingly. The garden grounds opened to the public in the mid-19th century, at about the same time that its glass houses (1694 m2) were constructed.

Today the garden contains some 9,000 plant specimens laid out in a roughly square site surrounded by walls, crossed by a grid of walkways, and with a central fountain. Some trees are quite old, including a Taxus baccata (1720) and Quercus suber (1805). Other species include:

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Dates from 1545.

Wikidata Q1875558, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What to expect

Operated by
Università degli Studi di Firenze
Fee
Yes
Step-free access
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates43.77894, 11.26168

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Springs
  • Piazzale Michelangelo: 1.2 mi
  • Fonte Pecchioli: 3.9 mi
  • Fonte Mezzina: 4.6 mi
  • Fonte Giallina: 4.7 mi
  • Fonte di Cascina: 5.3 mi
Peaks
  • Montepiano: 2.4 mi
  • Colle San Francesco: 2.5 mi
  • Monte Rinaldi: 2.5 mi
  • Monterivecchi: 2.6 mi
  • Monte Ceceri: 2.6 mi
Gardens: 38
Picnic sites: 13
Waterfalls: 8
  • Tonfo del Diavolo: 8.0 mi
  • Pescaia Calvelli: 13.3 mi
  • Cascata di Meriggioni: 16.2 mi
  • Pisciolo di Macereto: 16.5 mi
  • Pisciolo di Sant'Antonio: 16.9 mi
Cliffs: 3

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.4 miles of Giardino dei Semplici. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Poggio all'AiaNNW 348°934 m7.3 mi
Poggio CasacciaN 350°921 m6.7 mi
Poggio CornacchiacciaN 349°892 m7.1 mi
Poggio CapannelleN 353°839 m6.9 mi
Poggio TriniN 353°764 m6.3 mi
Poggio al GiroN 354°747 m5.1 mi
Monte RotondoN 351°705 m5.9 mi
Poggio PratoneNE 48°702 m5.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2017:4918:27
June solstice05:3420:1721:01
September equinox07:0318:3719:15
December solstice07:4615:5416:41

Local time (Europe/Rome).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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