Secular holm oak
The holm oak was planted by Father Nicola, a humble friar of St. Francis, who spent much of his life here and died in the concept of holiness. One day, having gone to the Umbra Forest, the monk dug a small watering hole for his mule at a spring. And here, soon a tiny holm oak grows out of the earth. Father Nicola took the seedling and transplanted it to the convent. Before carrying out the operation he asked the Superior Father to bless the earth and the young shoot. The friar became very fond of the plant, and every morning, before going to work, he watered it carefully. The exact date of the event is not known.
It is known, however, that Father Nicola died on 10 November 1729, when the holm oak had already grown enough. It can therefore be assumed that the tree was planted towards the end of the 1600s and that it now counts about three centuries of life. Currently its trunk has a circumference of about five meters.
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