Jardin Dominique Alexandre Godron
The Jardin Dominique Alexandre Godron is a historic botanical garden located at 3 rue Sainte-Catherine, Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, France. It is open daily without charge.
The garden was founded in 1758 by Stanisław Leszczyński, the last Duke of Lorraine, as an adjunct to the Royal College of Medicine. It occupies 27 hectares (67 acres).[1] It is the city's oldest botanical garden, and remained active as such until 1993 when its collections were transferred to the larger Jardin botanique du Montet outside the central city. It was named in honor of celebrated local botanist Dominique Alexandre Godron (1807-1880), who redesigned and reinvigorated the garden during his tenure as director, and now displays horticultural collections in its long, narrow beds.
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- ^ "250 Ans d'Histoire des Jardins botaniques de Nancy" (PDF) (in French). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-02-06.
- Jardin Dominique Alexandre Godron
- Un peu d'histoire ou l'origine de la botanique à Nancy (in French)
- Parcs et Jardins entry (in French)
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