Old Botanical Garden, Zurich

Alter Botanischer Garten Zürich
Alter Botanischer Garten Zürich
47°22′16″N 8°32′01″E / 47.37111°N 8.53361°E / 47.37111; 8.53361
Date openedFounded in 1837
LocationPelikanstrasse 40, CH-8001 Zürich
Land area5 acres (2.0 ha)
WebsiteOfficial website (in German)

The Old Botanical Garden (German: Alter Botanischer Garten) is a botanical garden and arboretum in the Swiss city of Zürich. The garden is, among the neighbored Schanzengraben moat and the Bauschänzli bastion, one of the last remains of the Baroque fortifications of Zürich, that was begun in 1642.

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