Description of the attraction
The Cagliari Botanical Garden is located on Viale Sant Ignazio da Laconi and is run by the local university. The first "predecessor" of the current garden was created in the city between 1752 and 1769 in the Su Campo de Su Re quarter, and the modern garden was inaugurated in 1866 by Professor Patrizio Gennari. The garden was designed by Giovanni Meloni Baille, who purchased a plot of land in the Valle di Palabanda for this purpose. Under his leadership, for two years, work was carried out on the leveling and arrangement of this site, abandoned and intended for a garbage dump.
In 1885, the first list of plants of the botanical garden was published, and by 1901, about 430 plants from India, America, Africa, Madagascar, the Atlantic Islands, China, Japan and other countries (unfortunately, the same year, 36 of them died due to severe frosts). During the Second World War, the territory of the garden, where the cavalry battalion was located, was significantly damaged, but was subsequently restored.
Today, in the botanical garden of Cagliari, you can see about 2 thousand plants, most of which are typical Mediterranean flora. There are also good collections of succulents and tropical plants. The territory of the garden is divided into three sections. The first contains Mediterranean plants, mainly from Sardinia, as well as plants from Australia, California, Chile and other parts of the world. The second section features about a thousand succulents from Africa and the Americas, which grow both in greenhouses and outdoors. Finally, in the third section, you can admire tropical plants.
In addition, there are about 60 trees and 550 shrubs in the garden. Particularly noteworthy is the collection of palms, covering an area of 4 thousand square meters, - 60 trees belonging to 16 species. Also, tourists are attracted by the Canarian spurge growing on an area of 100 sq.m. Among the attractions of the botanical garden are the ancient Roman cisterns and natural grottoes.
