Farnese Gardens
Ruins · Italy
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- 1630
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 41.890, 12.486
Why it was abandoned
❔ Cause unknown
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History
The Farnese Gardens, or "Gardens of Farnese upon the Palatine", are a garden in Rome, central Italy, created in 1550 on the northern portion of Palatine Hill, by Cardinal Alessandro Farnese. They were the first private botanical gardens in Europe; the first botanical gardens of any kind in Europe were started by Italian universities in the mid-16th century, only a short time before.