Adelaide Botanic Garden Palm House old Victorian greenhouse from 1876. Designed by Gustav Runge prefabricated in Bremen.
The Palm House, or Tropical House is a Victorian glasshouse located to the west of the main lake. It was imported from Bremen, Germany in 1875, opened in 1877 and restored in 1995. Designed by German architect Gustav Runge, the Palm House was prefabricated by in Bremen, Germany and erected in Adelaide in 1876 by the second director Dr Richard Moritz Schomburgk, as a conservatory for tropical plants and palms. The design is a replica of a conservatory built for at Oberneuland near Bremen, which was demolished in 1933. Restored during 1993-95 with funds raised by public appeal and a Commonwealth allocation from the "One nation" program, the building is the best and only example of its type in the world. It now displays plants from the arid land regions of Madagascar.
Size: 4096px × 6144px
Location: North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Photo credit: © Wim Wiskerke / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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