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a very old olivetree near La Codonyera.
It has unfortunately not been looked after lately.
It was one of those tree you want to be the centre of attention in a photo.
I took this photo on a very windy day- the cloud shadows were moving around and the contrasts were very strong.
The Montgrí ('Grey Mountain') is the highest point (310 meters) of a small Sierra that ends in the Mediterranean Sea near a village called L'Estartit.
From the Montgrí you have a fantastic view over the fascinating landscape called 'The Ampurdan' up to the Pyrenees. The Low Ampurdan is green and very fertile, mainly because of the Rio ter, the longest river in the North of Catalonia.
The High Ampurdan is a dry landscape with a lot of vineyards and olive-trees.
Until about 1930, the High Ampurdan was a rough and difficult-to-reach part of Catalonia. But thanks to Salvador Dalí's works and the writings of Josep Pla, it was opened and discovered by the public.
As from 1960, the tourist-boom gave a strong impulse to the development of this area. Roads were made and little villages like Cadaqués - who until then were only reachable from the sea - became popular and developed. Federico García Lorca and Luis Bunuel worked together for the famous Spanish experimental movie 'Un chien andalou'.
Now the area is open for tourism but still a lot of fishermen make their living.
El Port de la Selva is one of the almost
impossibly beautiful situation.
A wind that enters over the Pyrenees and bears the name 'Tamontana' can reach a speed of 200 kms. per hour.
The bareness of the landscape is broken by the beautiful sights an panoramic views from many points.
The most Eastern point of the Peninsula Iberica is 'El Cap de Creus' ('The Cape of the Crosses'). One can visit the moon or this Cape where a lot of minerals are found.
The 'Monastery of Sant Pere de Roda' is an example of the exceptional beauty of this area. It is now partly restored.
In earlier times one of the biggest libraries of Medieval Catalunya was in this execeptional place.
A visit is more than just worth while.
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Cantidad de olivos con muchos años unos, y otros mas jóvenes en edad fertil, componen esta posesión del noroeste de la isla y que perteneció al Archiduque Luis Salvador de Austria.
Number of old olive trees, and Some Younger trees in reproductive age, make up this farm northwest of the island, Which Belong To the Archduke Luis Salvador of Austria.
one of the ancient olivetrees at the ermita del Remei near Alcanar.
These trees are probably over 500 years old-
the exact date is difficult to determine without core samples (the trunks of the trees are very gnarled and twisted)
or else cutting down the tree and count the rings...
It's that time of the week again. Recently I've been trawling through the archives for my Fotolog and in the process I found this picture taken from St Paul de Vence, looking in a generally Vencewards direction on 1 Jan 2003.
Previously posted on my blog at www.di2.nu/blog.htm?20050318
on a recent visit to Fontcalda in the Terra Alta, I found this old olive grove with some amazing trees. the grove has not been worked for years- it is now a public picnic area along the Santiago trail.
I can only guess how old those trees are- 200 years, 500? They are beautiful.
very old olive trees wating to find a new home. They are dug up ( to make way for housing, streets etc...), trimmed, and taken to the nurseries where they are on a drip system...... it is amazing what those trees can survive. They are used in fancy landscaping not just in private gardens but also in cities and towns. Now instead of ending up as firewood, they are saved.
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wild olivetrees, Olea europaea, growing on the cliffs near Alcanar- this is the original olive that grew here before the Phoenicians and Romans introduced their varieties.
because of the strong wind saturated with saltspray, the trees are growing away from the water.... it looks really odd to walk along the coast and come across those funny shaped humps.
Sorry for the lack of updates. A trip to the UK and a requirement to do some work coinciding with a major kitchen refit has caused me to lack a certain amount of free time. Anyway I'm back now.
I believe I have said before that it is almost impossible to kill an olive tree. Today's picture is an example of this. I saw this tree as I walked to the village yesterday to buy bread. Someone really cocked up the pruning and as a result all the leafy twiglets that were left behind to keep it going are dead. However the stumps are happily producing new shoots of green anyway so the tree as a whole is still going strong.
Previously posted on my blog at www.di2.nu/blog.htm?20050527