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      🌳 Peter the Great Botanical Garden

      ул. Профессора Попова, 2

      The greenhouses are open all year round

      Peter the Great Botanical Garden
      © Anastasiya Lvova · CC BY-SA 4.0
      Peter the Great Botanical Garden
      © Afanasovich · CC BY 4.0
      • The garden grew out of Peter I's Apothecary Garden, already mentioned in the 1713 census; the documents on its founding burned in 1737.
      • Under Catherine II “Tungus tea” was grown here — meadowsweet, thought to be a sweat-inducing remedy for colds.
      • The garden received Peter the Great's name in 1913, for its 200th anniversary.
      • The greenhouse complex has 28 greenhouses with a total area of about 1 ha, and the route through them is about a kilometre long.
      • Two greenhouse quadrangles were built in 1823–1826 so that they can be walked round without going outdoors.
      • During the siege 50 incendiary bombs and 85 shells hit the greenhouses.
      • The Botanical Museum, founded in 1823, holds over 80,000 specimens.

      Part of these routes

      • Botanical Garden and the Karpovka
      • All of Petrogradka: Art Nouveau, the Karpovka and the Botanical Garden
      • With a child: the islands all day
      • Greenhouses, Lenpoligrafmash and Sytny Market
      • Botanical Garden, the Karpovka and Lenpoligrafmash

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