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Jardim Botânico de Coimbra: contraponto entre a Arte e a ... - artez

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escadarias que dão acesso ao terceiro patamar<br />

obe<strong>de</strong>cem ao esquema proposto. Por<br />

outro lado, das duas soluções avançadas<br />

para o remate dos muretes, é precisamente<br />

o ornato indicado como aquele que “não<br />

serve”, o que irá, segundo nos parece, ter<br />

seguimento, tal como se conclui através <strong>de</strong><br />

um olhar atento sobre o <strong>Jardim</strong> actual.<br />

Do ano <strong>de</strong> 1807, altura em que realizou<br />

finalmente a compra da parte da cerca dos<br />

Marianos, agendada há já 33 anos, data<br />

o pronunciamento mais <strong>de</strong>cisivo <strong>de</strong> Félix<br />

Avelar Brotero, encarregado <strong>de</strong>s<strong>de</strong> 1791<br />

da organização científica do <strong>Jardim</strong> e da<br />

regência da ca<strong>de</strong>ira <strong>de</strong> botânica e agricultura,<br />

acerca do plano a seguir no <strong>Jardim</strong>. O<br />

relatório enviado ao reitor, a 5 <strong>de</strong> Março <strong>de</strong><br />

1807, reveste-se da maior importância, quer<br />

pelo facto <strong>de</strong> nele Avelar Brotero precisar a<br />

<strong>de</strong>finição e os objectivos <strong>de</strong>ste tipo <strong>de</strong> estabelecimento,<br />

quer pela indicação das suas<br />

partes essenciais e secundárias [7], acompanhada<br />

do levantamento do que estava feito<br />

e do que havia <strong>de</strong> o ser. Dela se <strong>de</strong>preen<strong>de</strong>,<br />

concomitantemente, uma crítica velada às<br />

anteriores restrições pombalinas, as quais,<br />

embora na memória, seriam conveniente e<br />

conscientemente esquecidas com o passar<br />

dos anos e o avolumar <strong>de</strong> exemplos <strong>de</strong> similares<br />

jardins que outras universida<strong>de</strong>s europeias<br />

vinham promovendo.<br />

Da exposição <strong>de</strong>ste naturalista, por muitos<br />

46<br />

pleted and what was still to do. It also offers<br />

a veiled criticism of the previous Pombaline<br />

restrictions, which, though still within living<br />

memory, had been conveniently and consciously<br />

forgotten with the passage of the<br />

years and the <strong>de</strong>velopment of similar gar<strong>de</strong>ns<br />

in other European universities.<br />

The arguments put forward by this naturalist<br />

(whom many called the “Portuguese Linnaeus”)<br />

are interesting as regards the <strong>Coimbra</strong><br />

Gar<strong>de</strong>n. In relation to its essential parts,<br />

Brotero highlighted: “or<strong>de</strong>red beds” (E),<br />

confirming that “this is done with walls, balconies<br />

and iron gates”; “Parterre – groups<br />

without any scientific or<strong>de</strong>r, contributing to<br />

the <strong>de</strong>coration and conservation of many<br />

species” (P), adding that this was “almost<br />

finished on the upper level”; “hot and temperate<br />

house” (T), of which the temperate<br />

house was ready; “Shelter” (A), “begun on<br />

the eastern si<strong>de</strong> of the temperate house;<br />

“Site for seed beds” (S), “begun on the si<strong>de</strong> of<br />

the arches and only later planted with trees<br />

that <strong>de</strong>mand shelter”; “Avenues and copses”<br />

(L), “1. on the land between the main street<br />

and the wall along the public road; 2. on<br />

the slopes of the hill next to the walls of<br />

the Carmelite and Benedictine grounds;<br />

3. on a portion of the terrain right next to<br />

the northern gate entrance”; “Damp shady<br />

place (the hill next to the grounds of the<br />

Benedictine friars)” and finally, the “water

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