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Farnese Gardens
The Farnese Gardens (), or "Gardens of Farnese upon the Palatine", are a garden in Rome, central Italy, created in 1550 on the northern portion of Palatine Hill, by Cardinal Alessandro Farnese. They were the first private botanical gardens in Europe; the first botanical gardens of any kind in Europe were started by Italian universities in the mid-16th century, only a short time before.
Alessandro Farnese was appointed Cardinal Deacon of the Roman Catholic Church in 1534 at the age of 14, by
Castel Durante (11 Jan 1538 - 1544 Died)
- Alessandro Farnese (iuniore) (1544 - 27 Oct 1544 Resigned)
- Cornelio Musso (bishop), O.F.M. Conv. (27 Oct 1544 - 13 Jan 1574 Died)
- Giovanni Pietro Fortiguerra (26 Apr 1574 - 1593 Died)
- Flaminio Parisio (17 Sep 1593 - 1603 Died)
- Girolamo Bernardino Pallantieri, O.F.M. Conv. (10 Sep 1603 - 23 Aug 1619 Died)
- Giovanni Battista Stella (13 Nov 1619 -