High quality spectrophotometric observations of 30 Planetary Nebulae in the
Galactic Bulge have been made. Accurate reddenings, plasma parameters, and
abundances of He, O, N, S, Ar, Cl are derived.
We find the abundances of O, S, Ar in the Planetary Nebulae in the Galactic
Bulge to be comparable with the abundances of the Planetary Nebulae in the
Disk, high abundances being maybe slightly more frequent in the Bulge.
The distribution of the N/O ratio does not present in the Galactic Bulge Pl
anetary Nebulae the extension to high values that it presents in the Disk P
lanetary Nebulae. We interpret this as a signature of the greater age of Bu
lge Planetary Nebulae.
We thus find the Bulge Planetary Nebulae to be an old population, slightly
more metal-rich than the Disk Planetary Nebulae. The population of the Bulg
e Planetary Nebulae shows hence the same characteristics than the Bulge ste
llar population.