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Maggi Young

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Orto Botanico, Pisa
« on: July 07, 2014, 09:58:22 AM »
Tweeted by Al Elliott:

"Fantastic door at Orto Botanico in Pisa: Fritillaria imperialis, Aloe sp, Atropa belladonna and Verbascum thaspsus."



Worth visiting just for the door!
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Re: Orto Botanico, Pisa
« Reply #1 on: September 30, 2014, 09:34:53 PM »
it is a beautiful door, and what's behind it?

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Re: Orto Botanico, Pisa
« Reply #2 on: September 30, 2014, 09:49:50 PM »
I believe it may be the door to the old School of Botany at the Botanical Garden of Pisa ....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orto_botanico_di_Pisa
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