Enea Tree Museum
The Enea Tree Museum is a 75,000 m² park near Lake Zurich in Rapperswil-Jona , Canton St. Gallen . In the tree museum you can see over 50 trees from over 25 species as well as sculptures by international artists.
history
The tree museum, founded in 2010, was planned and built by landscape architect Enzo Enea. The property on Zurich Obersee was leased from the Cistercian Abbey of Mariazell-Wurmsbach Monastery . Before construction began, water had to be withdrawn from the former wetland . For this purpose an avenue of bald cypress trees was set up. This type of tree naturally removes a lot of water from the soil ( evapotranspiration ). Today this avenue forms the entrance to the tree museum. The museum has been open to the public since it opened.
Trees
The trees growing in the tree museum should have been felled, but were saved by Enea and replanted in the tree museum. The tree population includes the following specimens:
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art
Sculptures by international artists can be found in the tree museum. The following works of art are currently curated in the Tree Museum:
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Web links
- Enea Tree Museum
- Opening report in the New York Times
- Contribution by Arte Metropolis
- Report on welt.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Enea Tree Museum. In: City of Rapperswil-Jona. City of Rapperswil-Jona, accessed on September 17, 2019 .
- ↑ Bruno Knellwolf, Bruno Knellwolf: Trees as works of art. Retrieved September 17, 2019 .
- ↑ Helene Arnet: Old trees in front of the Congress House take off. In: tagesanzeiger.ch. Tamedia AG, accessed on September 17, 2019 .
Coordinates: 47 ° 13 '24.2 " N , 8 ° 51' 56.4" E ; CH1903: 708,078 / 231255