Real Jardín Botánico Alfonso XIII, Botanical garden at Complutense University, Madrid, Spain.
The Real Jardín Botánico Alfonso XIII is a botanical garden on the Complutense University campus in Madrid, Spain. It contains more than a thousand different plant species arranged in various specialized collections across the grounds.
The garden was founded in 1927 as part of the university's expansion and named after King Alfonso XIII, who supported establishing a botanical teaching and research center. This early foundation reflected the growing scientific focus on plant research.
The garden was designed as a teaching and research center, and today students and botanists walk through it to study plant diversity. You will see groups on guided tours and many people strolling the paths between the different planted sections.
The garden is located between the Faculties of Pharmacy and Sciences on the university grounds and is open Monday through Friday. It is best to visit in the morning when conditions are ideal for exploring the collections.
A central water feature in the garden holds aquatic and wetland plants that are rarely seen in this urban setting. This area demonstrates how different habitats can coexist in a smaller space.
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