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History of Botanicals 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There have been many inventors, creators and artists that have contributed to the work of botanicals plants, herbs and flowers.  Since the  15th century, Luca Ghini, an Italian physician and botanist was credited with creating the first herbarium in Pisa, Italy. Luca Ghini was educated as a physician at the University of Bologna.  He soon began to teach practical medicine at Bologna and started to collect plant and botanical specimens around this time.  His teaching in medical botany with fascination in their medicinal powers was his first, in 1534.  He eventually became a professor of materia medica and kept this position until he moved to the University of Pisa in 1544.  There he founded the first botanical garden connected to a university, taught medical botany, and served as personal physician to Cosimo I de’ Medici.  He remained in Pisa until 1555 when he returned to Bologna where he died the following year.

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Opulence Botanicals Inc. is delighted to be part of such a  delicacy and sophistication of using  botanicals in all of our handmade products with high quality ingredients. We are driven by the vision of creativity, artistry and practical knowledge of the luxurious power of nature. We have kept the historical roots intact and we respect the history and the evolution of how botanicals have come into existence. 

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The Orto botanico di Pisa, also known as the Orto Botanico dell'Università di Pisa, is a botanical garden operated by the University of Pisa, and located at via Luca Ghini 5, Pisa, Italy.

The garden was established in 1544 under Cosimo I de' Medici as the first university botanical garden in Europe, and entrusted to the famous botanist Luca Ghini of Imola.

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