The Linneaus Garden, Uppsala:
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The Linnaeus Garden was the first botanical garden in Sweden founded in 1655 by Olof Rudbeck the elder. It is laid out in the French Style and restored following Linnaeus' and Carl Hårleman's design from 1745. Today approximately 1300 species are grown here. All known to have been cultivated by Linnaeus and arranged according to his own system.
History
The Linnaeus Garden is a reconstruction of Uppsala University Botanical Garden the way it looked during Linnaeus´ days.
The Uppsala University Botanical Garden is the oldest botanical garden in Sweden. It was first laid out in 1655 by Olof Rudbeck the elder, professor of medicine. The picture to the right is from the book "Atlantica" written by Olof Rudbeck in 1679. At the end of the century the garden housed more than 1 800 species, many of which were cultivated for the first time in Sweden. A huge fire in 1702 destroyed large parts of the garden and it was left unattended for a period of 40 years.
In 1741, Carl Linnaeus´ was appointed professor of medicine and became responsible for the garden. The cultivated area was increased and a new and larger orangery was built. The designs were drawn by the architect Carl Hårlemann, but it was through the influence of Linnaeus that the garden developed into one of the foremost of its time.
http://www.linnaeus.uu.se/LTeng.html
