Botanical Gardens

Udine, Italy, Italy

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The botanical garden in Udine, Italy, is the Parco Botanico Friulano "Cormor" (also called Parco del Cormor), a municipal park and botanical garden created between 1990 and 1993 by architect Roberto Pirzio Biroli on a previously neglected site northwest of Udine's town center.

The park covers 30 hectares between the Cormôr torrent and the A23 highway, featuring dense woodland plantings, open lawns, pedestrian and cycling paths, a belvedere view point, and a children's play area. It showcases a wide variety of tree species and permanent meadows, with the Cormor creek's typical vegetation enhanced and protected throughout the park.

The garden serves four main purposes: conserving plant species (both spontaneous and rare plants grown outside their natural habitat), experimenting with plant cultivation, safeguarding biodiversity through conservation research projects, and providing botanical education for students and the general public. The park's Pavilion of Meetings near the entrance won the European Piranesi Award and is included in world section of "The Best Buildings in the World".