Orto Botanico di Padova
The world’s oldest academic botanical garden on its original site.
The garden was laid out so that medical students could learn to recognise medicinal plants. It has four quarters in a round form divided by paths, with a water basin in the middle.
The garden remains on its original site and is on UNESCO’s World Heritage list.
Materials: Circular garden with four quarters, water basin, greenhouses and walls
Manufacture: Founded in 1545 by the University of Padua as a garden for medical students’ knowledge of plants.
The round form with four quarters, enclosed by a wall.
The basin in the middle.
The old palm from 1585, called Goethe’s palm.