Pisa Botanic Garden and Museum

The three-hectare garden contains collections of medicinal plants, aquatic species, and numerous specimens from every continent, arranged in 148 dedicated flower beds.

Founded in 1543 by naturalist Luca Ghini on the Arno riverbank, this garden relocated to its current location between Piazza dei Miracoli and Piazza dei Cavalieri in 1591.

The garden museum displays 17th-century portraits of botanists and maintains a significant herbarium containing over 300,000 plant specimens collected since the 18th century.

Regular admission costs 4 euros, with free entry for students and children, while everyone enters without charge on the first Sunday of each month.

The garden features a ginkgo tree planted in 1787 and an extensive magnolia from 1872, which stand as living witnesses to centuries of botanical research.

Location: Pisa

Inception: 1543

Founders: Luca Ghini

Accessibility: Wheelchair accessible

Website: https://www.sma.unipi.it/orto-e-museo-botanico/

Address: Via Luca Ghini, 13, 56126 Pisa PI 56126 56126

Phone: +390502211318

Email: ortomuseobot@unipi.it

Website: https://sma.unipi.it/orto-e-museo-botanico

GPS coordinates: 43.71982,10.39619

Latest update: May 11, 2025 04:42