Bazoș Dendrological Park
Natural Attraction / Park
About
Bazoş Dendrological Park is located 20 km from Timişoara, in Bazoşu Nou, Bucovăţ commune, Timiş County.
It occupies an area of 60 hectares and includes the Great Park, the American Park and several nurseries for the cultivation of exotic species.
The park was arranged between 1909 and 1914 at the initiative of Count Ludovic Ambrozy, ambassador of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the United States of America. Originally populated with dozens of botanical species on the North American continent, the park now numbers more than 1100 species of trees on all continents.
Bazoș Dendrological Park was declared a protected area in 1994 and is part of the International Association of Botanical Gardens. It has the most complete collection of American oak and carya in Romania.
Also, here is the oldest oak in Timis county, with an age of more than 500 years, with a circumference of 6 m and a height of 30 m.
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