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'El chopo cabecero en el sur de Aragon, la identitad de un paisaje.
Patrimonio olvidado'
By Chabier de Jaime Loren and Fernando Herrero Loma
Cabeceros - the fantastic
black poplars of Jiloca
We have saved the Mestres pine in Vilallonga del camp! -
Many thanks to all! |
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Key Contacts:
The ATF seeks a person to act as a link person to groups and ancient
tree activity in Spain
Contact us if you would like to know more.
Spain is one of the most regionalised countries in Europe, so things tend to
get done at the regional rather than national level.
See this link
www.cuervoblanco.com/arboles_monumentales
'El chopo cabecero en el sur de Aragon, la identitad de un paisaje.
Patrimonio olvidado'
By Chabier de Jaime Loren and Fernando Herrero Loma
A lovely book from Spain that celebrates the
very special landscape in the south of Aragon. Here only black poplars can
grow in the valleys and they are lined by traditional pollards which look
glorious especially in spring and golden in autumn.
This is one of a series of books celebrating the forgotten heritage of the
area.
Presentation (slides) by Chabier de Jaime
English
version pdf (2MB)
Spanish Version
pdf (2MB)
Centro de Estudios del Jiloca,
Calamocha,
Aragon
email cdejaime@educa.aragon.es
In Vilallonga, near Tarragona in Spain, stands the Mestres pine,
considered to be the last surviving Pinus Pinea and catalogued as a
Monumental Tree of Catalonia. This centennial tree was planted by Josep
Mestres i Miquel (1868-1945)in 1898. A medical doctor, politician and
agronomist, he founded a Chair of Agriculture and was chairman of the
council of Tarragona (1913 -1915), in addition to forming part of the first
Executive Council of Catalonia and becoming president of the Medical
Association of the province of Tarragona.
Despite being protected by Decree 215/1987, June 9, of the Generalitat of
Catalonia, Red Eléctrica de España (Spain’s power network company) has
requested partial logging of the tree in early April 2008.
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