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Da Rocha oak

Rairiz de Veiga, Limia, Ourense

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Da Rocha oak

Nature · Rairiz de Veiga, Limia, Ourense

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An oak located in Saínza de Abaixo, next to the Limia river and near the old Lagoa de Antela, within the biosphere reserve of the Área de Allariz. It is one of the tallest in Spain: it grows free of branches up to six metres, where it forks into two branches that reach thirty-three metres, and its trunk, about 8.2 metres in girth, needs several people to embrace it. It is estimated to be about five hundred years old and to have last been pollarded in the 1950s; it is one of the last surviving examples of an old carballeira that once grew beside the Lagoa de Antela. It was declared a natural monument and solitary tree in 2007, and every 24 September it hosts the Romaría da Saínza, a festival that re-enacts the struggle between Christians and Muslims.

Photo: Ourensano (CC BY 2.0)

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