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Tropical Botanical Garden

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Tropical Botanical Garden
Tropical Botanical Garden

Schedule

January: 10:00 am – 05:00 pm

February and March: 10:00 am – 06:00 pm

April: 10:00 am – 07:00 pm

May to August: 10:00 am – 08:00 pm

September: 10:00 am – 07:00 pm

October: 10:00 am – 06:00 pm

November to December: 10:00 am – 05:00 pm

closed: January 1st and December 25th

Entrance

Adults: € 2

From 2 to 18 years old and seniors: € 1

One year subscription: € 20

Groups: Informations at the reception

Review

The Tropical Botanical Garden (in portuguese, Jardim Botânico Tropical) is located near to the Mosteiro dos Jerónimos1 and belongs to the Instituto de Investigação Científica e Tropical (IICT)2. It was founded on the , with the name Jardim Colonial3 and inaugurated by D. Carlos I, the penultimate king of .

Indeed, and has the first name indicates, the strenght of the tropical collection focuses on flora and fauna original from the Portuguese ex colonies. Here, visitors will find an herbarium, a carpological collection (specimens of fruit), a wood collection with samples of wood properly identified by specie and the zoological collections.

By walking the garden one will find diverse exotic animals, like the turtle of red spots, the grey and royal herons or the aratinga of blue head (a bird).To embellish even more this space full of life, there are spread around the garden several sculptures, some of them, from Italy and dating from the 18th century.

This natural space is also used as stage for temporary exhibitions of many different themes.

Translation references

  1. Jerónimos Monastery
  2. Institute for Scientific and Tropical Research
  3. Colonial Garden

Map and Location

Where is Tropical Botanical Garden?

Coordinates
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Degrees, Minutes, Seconds
38.698962º LAT
-9.202553º LON
38º 41.93772' N
9º 12.15318' W
38º 41' 56.26" N
9º 12' 9.19" W
Website http://www2.iict.pt/jbt
Email jbt@iict.pt
Telephone +351 213 609 665
Address Largo dos Jerónimos - Belém, 1400-209 Lisboa, Portugal
Parish Belém
County Lisbon
District Lisboa
Region Estremadura
Country Portugal
Continent Europe

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