C. A. Stegmann
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C. A. Stegmann
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Grad Student @ZHdK | Researcher @ the Zurich Center for Creative Economies | Japan, Spiritual Revival, Arts & Culture Policy, History of Demography & Environment
Reposted by C. A. Stegmann
When botanist Richard Deakin examined Rome’s Colosseum in the 1850s, he found 420 species of plant growing in the ruins: cypresses and ilex, pea plants and more than 50 types of grasses.

But some flowers growing there mystified him. They were so rare they were found nowhere else in Europe.
November 8, 2024 at 12:19 PM