page_title: Cayenne
section_title: The Botanical Garden
hierarchical_section_title: Cayenne / Heritage / The Botanical Garden
caption_attribution_description: English: Jardin Botanique in Cayenne downtown. With a statue of Gaston Monnerville Français&#160;: Jardin botanique en centre ville de Cayenne, avec une statue de Gaston Monnerville
context_page_description: Cayenne is the capital city of French Guiana, an overseas region and department of France located in South America. The city stands on a former island at the mouth of the Cayenne River on the Atlantic coast. The city's motto is "fert aurum industria", which means "work brings wealth".
  At the 2017 census, there were 138,920 inhabitants in the metropolitan area of Cayenne, 61,268 of whom lived in the city of Cayenne proper.
context_section_description: In 1786, Louis XVI had a garden that served as a deposit and nursery for various plants and trees from various destinations. Louis Claude Richard, director of the garden was responsible for bringing from India muscadiers, rattans, trees in, feet of cardamom and pepper. During this period, it was called King's Garden. In 1821 a house was built for the botanist. In 1879, he changed his name and became Botanical Garden is a floral park in the city center. It covers an area of three hectares. There is a Gaston Monnerville statue in the center of the garden.
caption: Le jardin botanique de Cayenne, with the Gaston Monnerville statue in its center.
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