Jardin des Plantes de Montpellier
The Jardin des Plantes de Montpellier is France's oldest botanical garden, founded in 1593 by letters patent of King Henri IV under the botanist Pierre Richer de Belleval. Run by the University of Montpellier, its 4.5 hectares hold about 2,700 plant species, an orangery completed in 1804, the Martins greenhouse of 1860, an English garden and a lotus pool.
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