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Santibáñez de la Fuente yew

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Santibáñez de la Fuente yew

Nature · Aller, Caudal, Asturias

A thousand-year-old specimen of Taxus baccata planted in the square of the church of San Juan, in Santibáñez de la Fuente (concejo de Aller), 12 metres tall, with a 15-metre spread and a girth of 3.4 metres. As often happened with such trees, it was venerated by ancient communities for its age, more than a thousand years, which the church later took advantage of to build its temple beside it. It was declared a natural monument on 27 April 1995 and included in the natural resources plan of Asturias.

Photo: SITOMON (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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