Den Botaniek

The Botanic Garden of , which also carries the name Den Botaniek, is a landscaped botanical garden created in 1825 in the inner city of Antwerp located at the Leopoldstraat, covering an area of slightly less than 1 hectare.
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  • Type: Park
  • Description: botanic Garden of Antwerp, created 1825
  • Also known as: “Botanical garden Antwerp” and “Plantentuin”
  • Address: Leopoldstraat 24, Antwerpen

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Maagdenhuis Museum and Rubenshuis.

Museum
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The is an art museum and historical museum located in a 17th-century historic building on Lange Gasthuisstraat, , . The building was used as an orphanage for the maegdeckens, or maidens, from the mid-16th century to the end of the 19th century.

Museum
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The is the former home and workshop of Peter Paul Rubens in . Purchased in 1610, Rubens had the Flemish townhouse renovated and extended on the basis of designs by Rubens himself. is situated 370 metres northeast of Den Botaniek.

Theater building
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is a theatre located in that seats around 900. The building is designed in a neoclassical style on the site of the former Tapissierspand tapestry market. is situated 190 metres north of Den Botaniek.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Antwerp diamond district and Universiteitsbuurt.

Neighborhood
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Antwerp's diamond district, also known as the Diamond Quarter, and dubbed the Square Mile, is an area within the city of , . It consists of several square blocks covering an area of about one square mile.

Quarter
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is a quarter.

Quarter
The is a southern neighborhood in the city center of , abutting the . The had a revival in the mid-1980s and is now composed of buildings in the Art Nouveau and Modern architecture styles.

Den Botaniek

Latitude
51.21436° or 51° 12′ 52″ north
Longitude
4.40639° or 4° 24′ 23″ east
Inception
1826
Open location code
9F366C74+PH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 22956428
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­garden
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­park
Wiki­data ID
Q3232192
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Korean—“Den Botaniek” goes by many names.

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Highlights include Leonhard’s Gallery and Echt Antwaarps teater.

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