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Poppelsdorfer Schloss (Poppelsdorf Palace)
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This former electors' palace was built in the baroque style between 1715 and 1753, and now houses the university's mineralogical collection. Its botanical gardens exhibit 8,000 species, among the largest variety in Germany.
- Address: Meckenheimer Allee 171, Bonn, 53115 | Map It
- Phone: 0228/732-764
- Cost: Mineralogical collection €2.50; botanical garden free during week, Sun. €2
- Hours: Mineralogical collection: Mon., Fri. 3--5; Sun. 10--5. Botanical garden: Apr.--Oct., Sun.--Fri. 10--6; Nov.--Mar., weekdays 10--4.
- Location: Bonn
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