Trsteno Arboretum

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Trsteno Arboretum is a Mediterranean arboretum located in Trsteno, southern Croatia.^{[clarification needed][1]}

The arboretum was erected by the local noble family Gucetic - Gozze (see

parks. It includes a park surrounding the fifteenth century summer residence, which is a monument of garden architecture, and a nineteenth century park at Drvarica.

The arboretum passed into Yugoslav state ownership in 1945, and was declared a natural rarity in 1948. Since 1950 it has been managed by the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts. In 1962 the Arboretum Trsteno was registered in the list of protected natural monuments list as a monument of landscape architecture. The protected area covers around 255,000 square metres.

Trsteno suffered extensive damage and looting during the

during a drought, when around 120,000 square metres were lost in fire.

The pride of the arboretum, two

, designed in 1502, with numerous exotic plants.

In popular culture

In the

, Trsteno Arboretum was used as the setting of the Red Keep palace gardens in King's Landing.

References

Gallery

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  Arboretum Trsteno
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  Arboretum Trsteno
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  Arboretum Trsteno
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  Neptune's fountain in arboretum Trsteno

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Arboretum Trsteno.

• Trsteno at the Academy website
• Trsteno Arboretum, the oldest renaissance garden in Dalmatia

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