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Botanical Garden

The Jardin des Plantes, also known as the Jardin des Plantes de Paris when distinguished from other jardins des plantes in other cities, is the main botanical garden in .
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  • Opening hours:
    March 1st—March 30th: 8:00 AM—6:30 PM
    March 31st—September 30th: 7:30 AM—8:00 PM
    October 1st—October 26th: 8:00 AM—6:30 PM
    October 27th—February 28th: 8:00 AM—5:30 PM
  • Email: valhuber@mnhn.fr
  • Type: Park
  • Description: urban park in Paris, France
  • Also known as: “Garden of the Plants” and “Jardin des plantes”
  • Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest

Highlights include Herbarium and Notre Dame de Paris.

Museum
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A is a collection of preserved plant specimens and associated data used for scientific study. The specimens may be whole plants or plant parts; these will usually be in dried form mounted on a sheet of paper but, depending upon the material, may also be stored in boxes or kept in alcohol or other preservative.

Church
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, often referred to simply as Notre-Dame, is a medieval Catholic cathedral on the , in the , France.

Mosque
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The , also known as the Great Mosque of Paris or simply the Paris Mosque, located in the of , is one of the largest in .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include 5th arrondissement and Latin Quarter.

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The of Paris is one of the best known of the city's central districts, located on the Left Bank of the river Seine. Also commonly known as the "Latin Quarter" because the first great Parisian university, the Sorbonne, was founded here and Latin was the language the medieval period students used once to speak.

Suburb
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The of Paris is a district in on the of the , around the . Located in the city's and the arrondissements, it is known for its concentration of universities.

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The 4th is a good chunk of what used to be medieval Paris, and you'll find a lot left from that time on both islands and in the narrow streets of the lower Marais.

Botanical Garden

Latitude
48.84404° or 48° 50′ 39″ north
Longitude
2.35969° or 2° 21′ 35″ east
Elevation
40 metres (131 feet)
Operator
Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle
Open location code
8FW4R9V5+JV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 4221369
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­park
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Geo­Names ID
6452789
Wiki­data ID
Q730948
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Botanical Garden” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “حديقة النبات”
  • Arabic: “حديقة النباتات”
  • Armenian: “Բույսերի այգի”
  • Armenian: “Փարիզի բուսաբանական այգի”
  • Basque: “Jardin des plantes”
  • Belarusian: “Сад раслін, Парыж”
  • Belarusian: “Сад раслін”
  • Belarusian: “Сад расьлін”
  • Catalan: “Jardí de les Plantes”
  • Catalan: “Jardin des plantes”
  • Cebuano: “Jardin des plantes”
  • Chinese: “巴黎植物园”
  • Chinese: “巴黎植物園”
  • Czech: “Jardin des plantes”
  • Dutch: “Jardin des Plantes”
  • Esperanto: “Ĝardeno de la Plantoj”
  • Finnish: “Jardin des Plantes”
  • French: “jardin des plantes de Paris”
  • French: “Jardin des plantes de Paris”
  • Galician: “Jardin des plantes”
  • Galician: “Xardín das Plantas de París”
  • Galician: “Xardín das Plantas”
  • German: “Jardin des Plantes”
  • Hebrew: “ז’רדן דה פלאנט”
  • Indonesian: “Jardin des Plantes”
  • Italian: “Jardin des Plantes”
  • Japanese: “パリ植物園”
  • Korean: “파리 식물원”
  • Latin: “Hortus Plantarum”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Jardin des Plantes”
  • Norwegian: “Jardin des Plantes”
  • Portuguese: “Jardim das Plantas de Paris”
  • Romanian: “Jardin des Plantes”
  • Russian: “Сад растений”
  • Serbian: “Ботаничка башта у Паризу”
  • Slovenian: “Jardin des plantes”
  • Spanish: “Jardin de Plantas de Paris”
  • Spanish: “Jardín de plantas de París”
  • Spanish: “Jardín de Plantas de París”
  • Spanish: “Jardin des plantes (Paris)”
  • Swedish: “Jardin des Plantes”
  • Tamil: “தாவரங்களின் தோட்டம்”
  • Thai: “ฌาร์แด็งเดปล็องต์”
  • Turkish: “Jardin des Plantes”
  • Ukrainian: “Сад рослин”
  • Urdu: “پودوں کا باغ”
  • Vietnamese: “Vườn bách thảo Paris”
  • “Jardin des plantes”

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