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Old olive trees

            The olive tree can live to a great age. Its root system is robust and capable of regenerating the tree even if the above-ground structure is destroyed. The older the olive tree, the broader and more gnarled the trunk becomes. Many olive trees in the groves around the Mediterranean are said to be hundreds of years old, while an age of 2,000 years is claimed for a number of individual trees; in some cases, this has been scientifically verified. An olive tree in Algarve, Portugal, is 2000 years old, according to radiocarbon dating.
An olive tree on the island of Brijuni, Istria in Croatia, has been calculated to be about 1,600 years old. It still gives fruit (about 30 kg or 66 lb per year), which is made into top quality olive oil. There are many other claims for ancient olive trees. 
Several trees in the Garden of Gethsemane (from the Hebrew words "gat shemanim" or olive press) in Jerusalem are claimed to date back to the purported time of Jesus. 
Some Italian olive trees are believed to date back to Roman times.
I have an olive tree in a pot.  It is about 50cm high! The ones in the photo are in Malcesine, Italy.
   

Taken on: May 26, 2013

Sets appears in: • Lake Garda

Camera: PENTAX RICOH IMAGING PENTAX MX-1, f/4.0, 1/1250 sec, 6mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	PENTAX RICOH IMAGING PENTAX MX-1
Aperture:	f/4.0
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/1250)
Focal Length:	6mm
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Saturation:	High
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Elements 11.0 Windows
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