Travel Indonesia: Bogor Botanical Gardens. Botanical gardens that existed since the time of King Siliwangi. Bogor, West Java The Bogor Botanical Gardens (Indonesian: Kebun Raya Bogor) is a botanical garden located in　Bogor, Indonesia, 60 km south of Jakarta. The gardens are in the city center and adjoin the Istana Bogor (Presidential Palace). The gardens cover more than 80 hectares. History : The area that was now Bogor Botanical Gardens was part of the samida (man made forest) that was established at least around the era when Sri Baduga Maharaja (Prabu Siliwangi, 1474-1513) rules the Sunda Kingdom, as written in the Batutulis inscription. This forest was created to protect seeds of rare woods. Another similar samida was established near the current border between Bogor and Cianjur, called Ciung Wanara Forest. This forest was neglected after the Sunda Kingdom was defeated by the Banten Sultanate In 1744, the Dutch East India Company established a garden and mansion at the site of the present Botanical Gardens in Buitenzorg (now known as Bogor). In 1811, Stamford Raffles was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Java. Raffles had the garden in Buitenzorg re-landscaped. His wife, Olivia Raffles, died in Bogor in 1814. A memorial of her now stands in the grounds of the Bogor Botanical Gardens In 1889, The Teysmann Garden, a formal garden in the symmetrical European styles, was established in honor of Johannes Elias Teijsmann, curator of the Bogor Botanical Gardens from 1830 to 1869. In 1928, the Astrid Avenue, which contains spectacular display of canna lilies of various colors, was established on the eastern side of the gardens in memory of a visit by Princess Astrid of Belgium. In 1994, The APEC Heads of Government meeting was held in the Bogor Palace next to the gardens. In 2009, a new Orchard Garden was opened on the eastern side of the gardens to celebrate the 192nd anniversary of the gardens Features : Today the garden contains more than 15,000 species of trees and plants. There are 400 types of exceptional palms along lawns and avenues. The Gardens are a refuge for more than 50 different varieties of birds and for groups of bats roosting high in the trees. The orchid houses contain some 3,000 varieties. In 1862, the Cibodas Botanical Gardens were founded as an extension of the Bogor garden at Cibodas, approximately 45 kilometers to the southeast of Bogor. Subscribe link ： http://bit.ly/1y8kAQv Moopon : https://moopon.jp facebook：https://www.facebook.com/jbp365 How to use free Wi-Fi in Japan：http://bit.ly/1w2jdxB

• published: 27 Apr 2015
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