Botanical Garden, Vienna

When in Vienna, you should not miss to see the Schönbrunn Palace, the Zoological and Botanical Gardens. It would be the same as going to Rome and not seeing the Pope. The Botanical garden of the University of Vienna covers an area of ​​eight hectares. It is located in the immediate vicinity of the Belvedere Palace Gardens in the third district of Vienna. This green oasis is a rich botanical garden with exotic plants, among which stands out, for example, a 120-year-old Seychelles palm tree, 27 meters high. 
Today, over 9,000 species of plants can be seen in the gardens of the Botanical Garden in Vienna, including woody tropical species, with families such as Annonaceae, Rubiaceae, Gesneriaceae, Bromeliaceae and Orchidaceae of particular interest.
The Botanical garden was built near the Belvedere Palace in 1753, when its history began to be written. At that time, Empress Maria Theresa founded the Hortus Vindobonensis Botanicus with the famous botanist Nicolaus von Jaquin, who was also one of the first rectors of the garden. The botanist's work was inherited by his son Joseph von Jaquin, who collaborated closely with a number of other botanists from the country. 
In 1905, the Institute of Botany opened its doors, and the Baroque Pharmaceutical Garden building also dates from 1754 and is part of the Medical Faculty of the University of Vienna. The greenhouses, occupying an area of ​​about 1,500 square meters, were built between 1890 and 1893, but unfortunately the First and Second World Wars caused great damage to them. Later they were renovated and renovated and used only for scientific purposes, but remained closed to the public, except when they sometimes housed some of the special exhibitions - only then were visitors allowed.
The latest changes to the Botanical Garden turn it into a wonderful remake between garden landscapes from the 19th century and specific functional buildings from modern times. Several smaller areas in the garden are dedicated to specific topics such as useful plants, alpine flora, plant species in Austria, plant genetics and evolution, etc.
The Vienna Botanical Garden can be entered through three entrances: Mechelgasse/Praetoriusgasse, Upper Belvedere/Alpinegarden and Jacquingate.