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    ega Erfurt

    ega Erfurt

    The ega Erfurt is one of the largest and most beautiful recreational parks in Germany, with flowers galore, parks, theme gardens, exhibition buildings, playgrounds and a kids’ fun farm.
    It is home to the largest ornamental flowerbed in Europe, it has an impressive rose garden and a fantastic tropical green house.
    The Japanese rock and water garden [...]

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    Botanika, Bremen

    Botanika, Bremen

    Right in the middle of Bremen’s well known Rhodendron park, Botanika presents exciting floral landscapes that take visitors to new discoveries of three bewilderingley rich flowerscape attractions:
    * Discovery Centre
    * Himalayas and Borneo
    * Japanese Garden
    Start your journey through the world of plants inside the Discovery Centre, where you can easily find out about the ecology of [...]

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    Botanical Gardens, Munich

    Botanical Gardens, Munich

    One of the most important Botanical Gardens in the world is situated in Munich’s leafy suburb of Nymphenburg. Here, the Botanischer Garten in Munich provides its visitors with hours of sheer joy. However, more than that, it is also an educational and vocational training institution and part of the city’s university which aims to preserve [...]

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    Augustusburg, Brühl

    Augustusburg, Brühl

    In Brühl, near Cologne, is the Rococo treasure and UNESCO World Heritage Site, Augustusburg.
    Commissioned by the Elector and Archbishop of Cologne, Clement August, it was built in 1725 by the eminent architect Schlaun and a few years later restyled and completed by Cuvillies.
    Girard’s original garden design still exists and strictly follows the innovations and subsequent [...]

  • Gardens of Europe, Germany

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    Mirabell Garden in Salzburg

    Mirabell Garden in Salzburg

    The world-famous Mirabell Gardens were built along a north-south axis and oriented towards the Hohensalzburg Fortress and the Salzburger Dom cathedral. The original gardens were re-modelled according to plans by Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach under the reign of Prince Archbishop Johann Ernst Thun in 1689.
    Only some decades later, Franz Anton Danreiter altered them [...]