Medieval Garden
Borgo XX Giugno, 74
Linked to the Benedictine complex of San Pietro and the Agriculture Faculty of the University of Perugia, the garden gives a symbolic reading of the species grown during the Middle ages.
The choice and the setting of different plants has to be read according to a symbolic key that represents the evolution, cultural and spiritual stages of mankind, evoking in this way miths and believes typical of the Middle ages.
Opening hours:
Mondays - Fridays 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Saturdays, Sundays and holidays closed
Free entrance
Wheelchair accessible
Guided and educational tours (upon payment) upon reservation (groups over 10 people).
Info:
Centro di Ateneo per i Musei Scientifici C.A.M.S
tel and fax +39 075 5856432
email: centro.cams@unipg.it - marco.maovaz@unipg.it
websites
https://sites.unipg.it/centri/cams/musei-orti/orto-medievale
http://www.ortobotanicoitalia.it/umbria/perugia/