Block A6 Drawing Botanical Garden

A6 sheet of plain paper with the drawing of the entrance to the Botanical Garden by João Abel Mota.

The Botanical Garden of Coimbra was built by the Marquis of Pombal in 1772, during the Pombaline reform of university studies and was created with the aim of complementing the study of Natural History and Medicine at the University. It currently occupies an area of ​​around 13 hectares, divided between a classic garden and forest.