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The Orto medievale dell'Università degli Studi di Perugia is located inside the complex of San Pietro, in the place where the Benedictine monks' garden originally stood. Following the demaniation of the complex, the land was first transformed into a botanical garden (1896 - 1996) and then into a medieval garden.
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Contrary to the botanical garden, in the medieval garden the cultivated species are organized in such a way as to illustrate the medieval beliefs and mythologies related to the plant world.
