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A feather in the cap of the Grand Duke of Tuscany, the first botanical garden in the world.
As part of the legacy left behind by Cosimo I de' Medici, the Botanical Garden of Pisa was established in 1544. As the first university botanical garden in Europe, it served as the headquarters for Imola's legendary botanist, Luca Ghini. Ghini's herbarium, the first of its kind, was one of the many innovations that took place within these garden walls, including the exciting new concept of drying plants and carefully illustrating them so they can be studied and utilized throughout the off-season.
