Le Jardin botanique de Curitiba (o Jardim botânico de Curitiba en portugais) ou Jardim Botânico Francisca Maria Garfunkel se situe dans le Jardim Botânico district de la ville de Curitiba, État du Paraná, au région Sud du Brésil. Il est l'un des principaux symboles touristiques de la ville - en 2007, il a été l'endroit le plus choisi lors d'une élection en ligne pour choisir les « Sept Merveilles du Brésil » - et abrite une partie du campus de l'université fédérale du Paraná.
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The Jardim Botânico de Curitiba, also known in English as the Botanical Garden of Curitiba and formally referred to as Jardim Botânico Fanchette Rischbieter, is a prominent park situated in Curitiba, the capital of the state of Paraná in southern Brazil. It is a key tourist attraction and landmark within the city and houses a portion of the Federal University of Paraná campus. The international identification code for the garden is CURIT.
Established in 1991, the Jardim Botânico de Curitiba was designed in the style of French formal gardens. Upon entering the park, visitors are greeted by expansive gardens featuring fountains, waterfalls, and lakes, as well as the principal greenhouse, which spans 458 square meters. The greenhouse, constructed in an Art Nouveau style with a modern metallic framework, resembles the mid-19th century Crystal Palace in London and showcases tropical plant species. The park covers an area of 240,000 m2.
The Botanic Museum, located within the park, houses a national reference collection of native flora and attracts researchers from around the globe. It includes a diverse array of botanical species from the Atlantic Forests of eastern Brazil.
Adjacent to the greenhouse is the Museum of Franz Krajcberg, dedicated to the Polish-Brazilian artist renowned for his environmental advocacy. This museum, covering 1,320 m2, features multimedia classrooms, a 60-seat auditorium, and exhibition spaces showcasing works donated by visual artists, including sculptures, reliefs, photographs, videos, and educational materials.
On the opposite side of the park stands the Botanical Museum, a wooden structure accessible via a wooden bridge. The Botanical Museum of Curitiba is home to the fourth-largest herbarium in Brazil. The area surrounding the museum includes a pond with various aquatic life, a lake, an auditorium, a library, exhibition spaces, a theater, tennis courts, and a cycle track.
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The Erasto Gaertner Hospital is a health institution in Curitiba, in the Brazilian state of Paraná. It specializes in the clinical and surgical treatment of patients with oncological diseases.
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The Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná is a private, not-for-profit Catholic university in Brazil.
The main campus is located in Curitiba, the capital city of the State of Paraná, Brazil. There are four additional campuses located in the cities of Londrina, Maringá, São José dos Pinhais and Toledo. It is maintained by APC, an organization run by Marist Brothers. The Catholic Archbishop of the city of Curitiba is the ceremonial chancellor of the university.
The Curitiba campus was the first to be established and houses five academic units: the Center for Biological and Health Sciences, the Center for Exact Sciences and Technology, the Center for Juridical and Social Sciences, the Center for Humanities and Theology, and the Business School. The main buildings of the campus are the central library, which manages the integrated library system, research labs, classrooms and lecture halls, a 570-seat theater, a pilot plant, and a sports complex. The Museum of Zoology, with a collection of over 6,000 specimens and an Herbarium with approximately 7,000 preserved plant specimens are located on the Curitiba Campus.
There are more than 30,000 students in 60 undergraduate and over 150 postgraduate courses. Over 80% of the faculty possess a master's or doctoral degree. There are 22 graduate courses, at master's and doctoral levels: Health Sciences, Law, Animal Science, Urban Management, Philosophy, Theology, Business Administration, Mechanical Engineering, Dental Health, Production Engineering, Education, Informatics and Health Technology.
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College of Our Lady Mediatrix is a private Catholic pre-primary through secondary school in the Prado Velho neighborhood of Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. It was founded by the Society of Jesus in 1957 and has grown to enroll a student population of about 3,000 students.
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Estádio Durival Britto e Silva, better known as Estádio Vila Capanema, is the main stadium of Paraná Clube in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. The other stadium is Estádio Vila Olímpica, currently being used for training. The stadium holds 20,000 people. It was built under the leadership of Heron Wanderley, club president at that time and named after Colonel Durival Britto e Silva, who was president of the RFFSA, the Brazilian Federal railroad company.
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Le jardin contient de nombreux spécimens de plantes du Brésil et d'autres pays, répartis dans des avenues et des serres en fer et en verre, la principale avec trois voûtes de style Art nouveau, inspirées du Crystal Palace de Londres, du XIXe siècle. La serre est climatisée et abrite des espèces de la forêt atlantique telles que Caraguatá, Caetê et Palmito. De l'intérieur il est possible d'avoir une vue privilégiée sur le jardin à la française.