Botanical Garden of Curitiba

25°26′34″S 49°14′22″W / 25.44278°S 49.23944°W / -25.44278; -49.23944

Botanical Garden of Curitiba

Location	Curitiba, Paraná, South Region of Brazil.
Size	178.000 m²
Opened	1991
Annual visitors	1.000.000[1]
Website	Jardim Botânico de Curitiba Archived 2012-07-27 at the Wayback Machine

The Botanical Garden of Curitiba (Portuguese: Jardim Botânico de Curitiba) - also known as the "Jardim Botânico Fanchette Rischbieter" - is in the Jardim Botânico district in the city of Curitiba, the capital of the state of Paraná, the biggest city of southern Brazil.

It is the major tourist attraction of the city.^[1] In 2007, it was the most voted place in an online election to choose the "Seven Wonders of Brazil".^[2] The botanical garden houses part of the campus of the Federal University of Paraná. It is the unofficial symbol of the city and of all South Brazil.^[3]

The international identification code is CURIT.^[4]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Lazer nas férias no zoológico, Passeio Público e parques da cidade" (in Portuguese). Prefeitura Municipal de Curitiba. Archived from the original on 2012-07-15. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
2. ↑ "Sete Maravilhas do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Mapa-Mundi. Archived from the original on 2008-02-25. Retrieved 2007-07-07. {{cite web}}: More than one of |archivedate= and |archive-date= specified (help); More than one of |archiveurl= and |archive-url= specified (help)
3. ↑ "Planejamento Urbano, Lazer e Turismo: Os Parques Públicos em Curitiba – PR" (in Portuguese). Renata M. Ribeiro/ Marco Aurélio T. Silveira. Archived from the original on 2018-06-24. Retrieved 2010-09-26.
4. ↑ "The Francisca Maria Garfunkel Rischbieter Municipal Botanical Garden". BGCI - Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 2008-12-05.