Budapest Botanical Garden is the oldest in Hungary, its current official name is University Botanic Garden Eotvos Lorand (ELTE Botanikus Kert). The garden can take pride in having over 7000 different plant species and to be protected area since 1960 and the World Heritage List since 2006.
Most Hungarians know the garden of a famous novel of the Hungarian writer Ferenc Molnar Boys Pál street (Pal utcai fiuk) that is required reading in schools and whose most important events take place here. The novel has a Spanish version and is worth reading.
The garden was built in 1770-71 by the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Nagyszombat which in turn had been established by the Archbishop of Esztergom: Peter Pazmany. The collection of garden soon gained fame thanks to full-time work and his disciple Winterl Jakad Kitaibel Pal. The garden went through various vicissitudes mudenzas and to get your current location in the heart of Jozsefvaros called.When in 1777 the university moved to Buda Winterl Jakab was forced to move the plants to their own farm but a year later and rented space for the garden Krisztinavaros. The Faculty of Medicine moved to Pest in 1784 so they had to seek new site for plants found in the garden of the cloister of the Franciscan monks in Pest.
After the visit of Joseph II. the camera gave major financial assistance to the botanical garden and therefore could build a greenhouse and marble pool popular water plants.
The garden soon became small for the collection and began a new search for the right place. The garden plants were transferred to the estate of Antal Grassalkovich in 1808. The garden of 1.17 hectares was completed in 1815 according to plans Linne. Unfortunately, due to the great flood of 1838 and the general abuse of the garden conditions were spoiling. In 1847 bought the farm of 10.1 hectares of Antal Festetics.
The palace built 200 years ago as plans of Mihaly Pollack is now the central building of the garden. Since the last years of the nineteenth century are no monuments dedicated to the early botanists, Samuel Dioszegi and Mihay Fazekas (writers of the first manual of botany), and Jozsef Pal Kitaibel and Nador. But in the early twentieth century the capital had grown around the garden while it was losing its romantic atmosphere of an English park. A large part of the territory of the garden buildings built clinic.
Today, Botanic Garden is located in an area of 3 hectares and contains nearly 7,000 species of plants. The collections of cacti, bromeliads, orchids, palms and tropical flowers are especially rich. In winter, the shrubs are very spectacular in the subtropical part of Australia that are in flower at this time.
Amazon water lilies are in a greenhouse built especially for them, Viktoria House. The insectivorous plant collection is also here. The palm house was built monumental air in the last century and renovated in 1966 and 1984 the new greenhouse welcome tropical and subtropical plants.
In the arboreal there are almost 800 types of trees and shrubs. The oldest trees of the garden are Chinese pines are 150 years. Worth visiting rich collection of evergreen trees even in winter.
The rock gardens are an example of the botanical richness of the high mountains like the Alps, Carpathians, Balkans and Central Asia. The fauna of Hungary is represented by 400 species grouped by region, species and habitats.
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