This is one of the many figurative sculptures that can be found across the 14 hectares of the Botanical Gardens in Cluj, a scientific garden for recreation and education. These pieces range from famous Romanian botanists who founded and researched within the grounds of the gardens, famed Roman deities of fertility and the harvest, and depictions of scenes of younger botanists studying.

The Cluj-Napoca Botanical Garden is a botanical garden located in the south part of Cluj-Napoca, Romania. It was founded in 1872 by Samuel Brassai. Its director in 1905 was Aladár Richter, than Páter Béla, Győrffy István and then overtaken in 1920 by the local university, and by Alexandru Borza. It is a scientific, didactic and educational institution, subordinate to the Babes-Bolyai University. This prestigious institution was founded by professor Alexandru Borza in 1920. Covering a 14 hectares land of various geological configurations, suitable for growing and developping plants from various continents, 10,000 specific plant categories are being cultivated here.

The Botanical Garden is divided into several sections: ornamental, phytogeographic, systematic, economic and medicinal.

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Scanned : Photogrammetry (Processed using Agisoft PhotoScan)