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Jardin des Plantes
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The Jardin des Plantes (28 ha), planted in 1635, as a former Royal medicinal herb garden (the 'Jardin royal des plantes médicinales'), is today the main botanical garden in France.
It contains four "Galleries" , with museum status:
The Grande Galerie de l'Évolution, representing our evolution; the galerie de Minéralogie et de Géologie, a mineral museum: The galerie de Paléontologie et d'Anatomie comparé, a comparative anatomy museum and a palaeontology museum: The galerie de Botanique, containing botanical laboratories (8 million plants!)
There is also a small ZOO, and a botanical school.
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Jardin des Plantes
