Some people travel hundreds of kilometres to admire a breathtaking view, and others, instead, to visit a tree. Not just any tree, but a giant that has spanned centuries, and in some cases millennia, becoming a silent witness to Italy's history.
From the Hundred Horse Chestnut on Etna to the thousand-year-old wild olive in Sardinia, via the Witches' Oak in Tuscany, our country is home to genuine living monuments which are now even more numerous: the Agriculture Ministry has in fact updated the national list of monumental trees with 82 new entries.
