At Cordoba, in the 9th century, the gardeners of Abd el-Rahman I built the first botanical garden on European soil.
It wasn’t until over 600 years later, that the same was attempted in Christian Europe.
The first tulip came to Europe via Turkey to Spain, 500 years before it was taken to Holland.
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