The Buenos Aires Botanical Garden (whose official name in Spanish

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 is Jardín Botánico Carlos Thays

Carlos Thays

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 de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires) is located in the Palermo

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 neighborhood of Buenos Aires

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 in Argentina

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. The garden is triangular in shape, and is bounded by Sante Fé Avenue, Las Heras Avenue and República Árabe Siria Street. Palermo Park

Parque Tres de febrero

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, the Buenos Aires Zoo

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 and the Japanese Garden

Buenos Aires Japanese Gardens

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 are all nearby.

The garden, which was declared a national monument in 1996, has a total area of 69772 square metre, and holds approx 5,500 species of plants, trees and shrubs, as well as a number of sculptures, monuments and 5 winter-houses.

Designed by French-born Argentine architect and landscape designer Carlos Thays

Carlos Thays

Carlos Thays was a French-Argentine landscape architect, and a student of French landscape architect Édouard André.-Biography:...

, the garden was inaugurated on September 7, 1898.