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The 'Olivera Gorda' Ricote honored in the category 'Historic Tree' in the state contest 'Awards and Forest Tree of the Year ", organized by the NGO Forests without Borders, in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment, Rural and Marine Natural Forests and commercial.
The director general of Natural Heritage and Biodiversity, Pablo Fernandez, who explained that the purpose of these awards is to assess a number of trees that are worthy of social recognition and respect for its size and longevity, "he said this issue as" one of the most important heritage trees Murcia and Spain. "
In total there were 90 applications from more than 5,000 classified as monumental trees throughout the national territory.
Most of these applications were submitted to the modalities of 'Giant Tree' and 'Tree History', 35 and 21 respectively.
Also in this issue of olive, the Murcia region attended the awards with another proposal: The 'Pino of the Eagles' along Mule, in the category of 'Giant Tree', as the Aleppo pine in the world largest perimeter (more than 6 meters).
Paul explained that "both trees have been proposed as natural monuments in a draft decree which is in the pipeline."
The General Directorate of Natural Heritage and Biodiversity performed the necessary steps to propose the nomination, and also collected the diploma certifying the award obtained, representing the owner of the 'Olivera Gorda. "
According to the inhabitants of the Ricote Valley, under an olive tree in this county is capped a Moorish king, perhaps Ibn-Jud (1228-1237), Muslim leader Tudmir.
Another legend attributes the surrender of the Moors under the olive tree to the troops of the Christian king, a fact that may be connected to the crushing of the rebellion in Moorish Murcia (1265-1266) by the army of King James I.
The popular tradition Ojós Ricote and identifies this tree over 800 years (Serra and Currat, 2008) as the place where these events occurred.
Other winners trees
The other trees have been awarded the 'Carballón Valentí' in Asturias as "Giant Tree", the "Valley of the Church 'of Asturias as' Tree longevity', the 'Olma Couple' in Guadalajara as' Tree care 'and 'Forest Manor of Cascaxide' Pontevedra as' Threatened Forest. "
The winners of each category have received financial aid in the improvement of copy or educational materials or media.
Source: CARM
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