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The Institut de Botanique de Montpellier is a listed historical monument building located at 163 rue Auguste Broussonnet. Its listing in the inventory of protected monuments, by decree of 14 October 2019, covers all buildings, as well as related elements such as fence walls, gates, gate, water buffet and sitting floor. The plan annexed to the decree defines precisely the protected areas, distinguishing constructions (in red) and soils (in pink), on the cadastral plots BW 70 and 256.

The architect Jean de Richemond is identified as the project manager, although details of his original design or history are not explicitly mentioned in the available sources. The official address, confirmed by the Merimée base and the GPS coordinates, places the monument in the department of the Hérault, in the Occitanie region, on the territory of the commune of Montpellier (code Insee 34172).

No information is provided on the current use of the site (visits, rentals, accommodation) or on its history before 2019. The data are limited to its recent protection and precise location, emphasizing its heritage importance without detailing its past role or architectural transformations. The Creative Commons license associated with the photos suggests visual accessibility of the monument, but does not specify its opening to the public.

In the Montepellieran context, scientific institutes like this have often played a key role in the development of knowledge, especially in botany, a strong historical discipline in this university city. Since the Middle Ages, Occitanie, and especially Montpellier, has been home to institutions dedicated to medicine and the natural sciences, reflecting an established intellectual tradition.

The protection of 2019 marks an official recognition of the heritage value of the Institute, without the sources specifying the exact criteria for listing. The lack of details about its period of construction or its initial uses limits the understanding of its evolution, but its architecture and urban integration testify to its anchoring in local history.

The protected elements, such as the water buffet or fences, suggest a desire to preserve not only the buildings, but also their immediate environment, stressing the importance of the whole in the Montepellieran landscape. This global approach is characteristic of recent inscriptions, where heritage is considered in its spatial and functional dimension.

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