The botanical garden at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) was founded in 1959 by a pair of botanists who wanted to create a space on campus dedicated entirely to the study and preservation of Mexico’s extraordinarily diverse flora.
Mexico is one of the most biodiverse countries in terms of its vegetation, home to more plant species than the U.S. and Canada combined. It also has the highest diversity of cactus plants in the world at an estimated 800 recorded species.
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Sites
| Name | Since | Distance | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vía Verde Vertical Gardens | 2020 | 2.6km | site_ao | ||
| Cosmic Ray Pavilion | 2020 | 2.1km | site_ao | ||
| Museum of Pathological Anatomy | 2019 | 2.1km | site_ao | ||
| Espacio Escultórico (Sculptural Space) | 2019 | 1.2km | site_ao | ||
| Plaza Loreto | 2019 | 2.2km | site_ao | ||
| Mexican Calendars Exhibition at the Soumaya Museum | 2019 | 2.2km | site_ao | ||
| ‘El Perfil del Tiempo’ | 2019 | 2.5km | site_ao | ||
| Faculty of Medicine Mural | 2019 | 2.1km | site_ao | ||
| ‘La Conquista de la Energia’ (‘The Conquest of Energy’) | 2019 | 1.8km | site_ao | ||
| The Mysterious, Ancient Pyramid of Cuicuilco | 2018 | 2.3km | site_ao | ||
| This College Library Is a Visual Masterpiece of Mosaic Art | 2018 | 1.7km | site_ao | ||
| Centro Cultural Universitario, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) | 1976 | 1.1km | site_brutalism | ||
| El Colegio de Mexico | 2.3km | site_brutalism | |||
| Central University City Campus of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) | 2007 | 1.5km | site_whs |
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