It was the wish in 1803 of Domenico Viviani Cardinal of the cathedral of Botany and Natural History at the University of Genova that the garden was created. There is a large collection of medicinal plants and some interesting species of trees, including many cypresses, a large sequoia, and a Lebanese cedar. With exotic vegetation spread over six terraces and around a hectare of gardens, there are many diverse routes you can follow depending what you’d like to discover as you meander through this botanical garden plant kingdom.