What is Bucharest Botanical Garden?
[[File:Grădina Botanică - Aleea Castanilor.JPG|thumb|Alley of Chestnuts in Bucharest Botanical Garden]] The '''Bucharest Botanical Garden''' ({{lang-ro|Grădina Botanică din Bucureşti}}) is a [[park]] in the [[Cotroceni]] neighbourhood of [[Bucharest]], [[Romania]]. It has a surface area of 17.5 [[hectare]]s (including 4,000 m² of [[greenhouse]]s), and has more than 10,000 species of plants. The first [[botanical garden]] in Bucharest was founded in 1860 near the [[Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy|Medicine Faculty]] by [[Carol Davila]]. Its first director was the [[botanist]] Ulrich Hoffmann, followed six years later by Dimitrie Grecescu. The garden was eventually moved to its current location in 1884 by Dimitrie Brândză, a Romanian [[Botany|botanist]], and Fuchs, a [[Belgium|Belgian]] [[landscape architect]]. The gardens were opened in 1891, when the building of the greenhouses finished. The garden was damaged during [[World War I]], when it was used by the [[German Empire|German]] occupation troops, and during [[World War II]] when it was hit by [[Bombing of Bucharest in World War II|Anglo-American bombardments]]. In the Garden there is a Botanical Museum in a building of the [[Brâncovenesc style]], located near the entrance gate, where more than 5,000 plant species are displayed, including 1,000 exotic plants. ==Other websites== {{Commonscat-inline|Bucharest Botanical Garden}} {{coord|44|26|16.44|N|26|3|49.13|E|type:landmark_region:RO|display=title}} [[Category:Bucharest]] [[Category:1891 establishments in Europe]] [[Category:19th-century establishments in Romania]] [[Category:Parks in Europe]]