The olive tree

The physiognomy of the people or the society is shaped, amongst other things, through dialogue with their natural surroundings. If one has to define this familiarity with nature, for the Greeks and other Mediterranean people, a fruit bearing tree which influenced not only social and economic reality but also the field of worship, beliefs and customs, without doubt is the olive tree. The Olive tree. Identified with light, carries life within itself. A spectacular tree, beloved and bearing many legends. An invaluable treasure of tradition, of the far yesteryear, of today and of tomorrow, generously offers its fruits, its precious oil and the benefaction of its shade to those that are fortunate enough to live and grow up near the olive tree...