The exemplary case of the Orto Botanico of Padua
Symposium
The Italian Cultural Institute presents a symposium for the opening of the exhibition “Wild Medicine: Healing Plants Around the World,. Featuring The Italian Renaissance Garden”, on view from May 18 to September 8 at the New York Botanical Garden.
Speakers:
Todd Forrest, New York Botanical Garden, VP for Horticulture and Living Collections will discuss how the modern botanical garden, such as The
New York Botanical Garden has its intellectual roots in the botanical gardens of the Italian Renaissance.
Lucia Tomasi Tongiorgi, Padova University, former Vice Chancellor of the University
of Pisa will give a speech on “The origins of botanical gardens, the fruit of science and art.
The exemplary case of Orto Botanico of Padua”
lucia Tallandini, from Padua University Botanical Garden will present “Over four hundred years oldŠ now confronting with an exciting new life!”
The Botanical Garden of the University of Padova was founded in 1545 and since then it has remained and flourished in the same place where it was established, which makes it the oldest Botanical Garden among the existing ones.
In 1997 it has been inscripted on the UNESCO World Heritage List due to the fact that “for longer than five centuries, the Botanical Garden of Padova has represented an exceptional testimony of scientific and cultural significance”.