Giardino Botanico della Majella

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The Giardino Botanico della Majella (3500 m2), also known as the Giardino Botanico Michele Tenore, is a botanical garden located in the Majella National Park (Parco Nazionale della Majella) at Via Colle della Madonna I-66010, Lama dei Peligni, Province of Chieti, Abruzzo, Italy. It is open daily; an admission fee is charged.

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The garden was established in 1995, and named in honor of botanist Michele Tenore. It now contains about 500 varieties of plants, on a site of 9000 square meters. [1]

It is organized into four sections as follows:

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References

  1. "Botanical Garden Michele Tenore" (in Italian). italianbotanicalheritage.com. Retrieved 28 October 2015.

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Coordinates: 42°09′58″N14°12′59″E / 42.16611°N 14.21639°E / 42.16611; 14.21639