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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. The Giardini Botanici Hanbury (also known as La Mortola, or Hanbury Botanical Garden, or Villa Hanbury), on the cape of Mortola, are major botanical gardens operated by the University of Genoa. The gardens were founded by Sir Thomas Hanbury, a British entrepreneur, after he had made his fortune in China. Walkway enclosed by a pergola built from rustic tree branches in La Mortola botanical garden. Wisteria sinensis (Chinese Wisteria) grows on the pergola and the path is dusted with fallen petals from the vine. Text from nitrate negative sleeve: La Mortola 1929 Text from nitrate negative: Wisteria sinensis - Olive Wood [?] La Mortola
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1411_0673 ark:/21198/zz002b6ngb
Language
English
Subject
International Landmarks Environment Garden walks Trees Vines Gardens Wisteria Pergolas Paths Botanical gardens Landscape architecture Giardino Botanico Hanbury (Mortola, Italy)
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