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Olive Tree - Olive Tree, Emblem of the Mediterranean Peoples

"...Olive Tree - Utility, beauty, peace: all in one plant. The olive tree is the Mediterranean plant par excellence...A sacred plant in all Mediterranean civilizations, it has been a symbol of peace since ancient times.

"We, harvest for our children, we, shade for our children's children, we plant the olive tree."

The Song of the Olive Tree, from which the verses that give the title to the first paragraphs of this entry are taken, is a poem in which Giovanni Pascoli sings of the qualities of the olive tree (Olea europaea), an ancient, useful, sunny, Mediterranean plant, a symbol of peace."

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