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CHARLEMAGNE, OLIVE TREES AND THE ABBEY OF SANT’ANTIMO WERE ALL A TRIBUTE TO EVOO
In one of his innumerable displacements, in search of expanding, uniting and defending his extensive empire, Charlemagne returned from Rome to Europe, passing through the "Via Francigena". In the heart of Tuscany, he realized that his army had gotten a strange virus...
A GLIMPSE INTO SOUTHERN SPAIN’S OLIVE OIL LEGACY
The great importance that olive oil holds in Spain is almost immeasurable as it is has been a fundamental part of Spanish culture and the Spanish economy for millenia. This is especially true in southern Spain, which is now, and has been for some time, the biggest...
LA UNIVERSIDAD DE JAÉN IMPULSA LA MEJORA COMPETITIVA DEL OLIVAR EXTENSIVO
La iniciativa parte de un trabajo de investigación, cuya autora es Laura Moreno y tutorizado por Juan Vilar, que se está desarrollando en el seno del Máster de olivar y aceite de oliva en la Universidad de Jaén. En la actualidad se produce aceite de oliva en 64...
MONUMENTOS AUTÓCTONOS VIVOS: LOS ACEBUCHES DEL ROCÍO
La aldea del Rocio, situada en Almonte, provincia de Huelva, España; es famosa por ser limítrofe con el parque natural de Doñana y porque, según la leyenda, entrado el siglo XV apareció, entre arbustos y acebuches, la imagen de la Virgen del Rocio. Y es que por aquel...
LIVING NATIVE MONUMENTS: ROCÍO’S WILD OLIVE TREES
The village of Rocio is located in Almonte in the province of Huelva, Spain. It is famous for being on the border of Doñana natural park. According to a 15th century legend, the image of the Virgen del Rocio appeared among bushes and wild olive trees there. And it is...
PAKISTAN HAS OLIVE GROWING DNA IN ITS ROOTS
In Pakistan, there are over 80 million olive trees, which is almost 15 million more than that exist in Jaen. At the end of the 80s in the last century, the fruit of an agreement between Italy and Pakistan blossomed. It was a program that was initiated to introduce...
PAQUISTÁN, TRADICIÓN OLIVARERA EN EL ADN
En Paquistán encontraron más de 80 millones de acebuches, casi 15 millones de olivos por encima de Jaén A finales de los años 80 del pasado siglo, fruto de un acuerdo entre Italia y Pakistán, se inició un programa para introducir en éste país el olivo como explotación...
LITERATURE RESTS IN PEACE UNDER OLIVE TREES
Galician Rosalía de Castro and Camilo José Cela both chose to be buried in Iria Flavia cemetery, which is a few meters away from a hundred-year-old olive tree. José Saramago chose to place his ashes on a centenary olive tree that existed in solitude in his hometown....
GALILEO: AN OLIVE OIL LOVER WITH A WEAKNESS FOR GRAND CUISINE
Galileo Galilei, the great mathematician and astronomer of the sixteenth century, was also a great lover of food and grand cuisine made with his very own EVOO. Also, he would accompany these meals with his own wine. His passion for good food led him to become the...
LA LITERATURA ELIGE DESCANSAR BAJO LOS OLIVOS
Los gallegos Rosalía de Castro y Camilo José Cela, eligieron para su más alargado descanso el cementerio de Iria Flavia, ambos a pocos metros de un centenario olivo. Por su parte, el portugués José Saramago, eligió abonar con sus cenizas el olivo centenario que crecía...