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Friday, August 31, 2012

Bogor Botanical Garden (Kebun Raya Bogor)



Bogor Botanical Gardens (Indonesia) was originally a part of the 'samida' (artificial artificial forest or park) the government does not already exist in Sri Baduga Maharaja (King Siliwangi, 1474-1513) of the Kingdom of Sunda, as stated in the inscription Batutulis. Artificial forest is intended for the purposes of protecting the environment as a place to nurture the seeds seeds rare wood. In addition it is also samida samida similar in Cianjur border with Bogor (Forest Ciung Vanara). The forest is then left after the defeat of the Kingdom of Sunda Sultanate of Banten, to the Governor-General van der Capellen built home in one of the corners in the middle of the 18th century.
In the early 1800s the Governor-General Thomas Stamford Raffles, who inhabit the Bogor Palace and had a great interest in botany, interested in developing the Bogor Palace yard into a beautiful garden. With the help of the botanist, W. Kent, who helped build Kew Garden in London, Raffles courtyard conjure a classic English-style garden. This is the beginning of Bogor Botanical Garden in its current form.

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