Pamplemousses Botanical Garden -
Is a popular tourist attraction in Pamplemousses near Port Louis Mauritius . Famous for its long pond of water lilies (Victoria Amazonica ) the garden was first constructed by Pierre Poivre (1719-1786) in 1770, and it covers an area of around 37 hectares .
The garden ,for a long time was ranked third among all the gardens that could be admired over the surface of the globe ,have been known sucessively as "Jardin Mon Plaisir " ,"Jardin des Plantes " , "Le jardin de L"Ile de France" , "Jardin Royal " ,during the British Colonisation .