The Olive tree of Vouves in Crete is still going strong after thousands of years. A recent study has revealed its true age.

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Between 600-700 BC, the Greeks struck deep “olive” roots in the Iberian Peninsula. They believed that Athena, the Goddess of Wisdom, bestowed the gift of olive upon mankind.

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The silvery-green olive trees that blanket Greece are as rooted in its culture as the stars and sea. According to Greek mythology, Athena planted the first olive tree on the Acropolis, triumphing ...

On a quiet hillside in Crete, where the scent of the sea mixes softly with the whisper of the cool sea winds, stands a tree older than empires. This is the Olive Tree of Vouves, with its gnarled trunk ...

Thought to be 2240 years old, the Old Olive Tree – or Stara Maslina – is the oldest olive tree in Europe, according to the pamphlet available at the entry (though there are others in Crete ...

In the quiet village of Ano Vouves on the Greek island of Crete stands a natural marvel: the Olive Tree of Vouves, estimated to be 4,000 years old. With a gnarled trunk stretching over 12 meters in ...

Nestled in the heart of Crete, Greece, stands the Olive Tree of Vouves, one of the oldest living olive trees in the world. Estimated to be between 2,000 and 4,000 years old, this extraordinary tree ...

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