Hundred Horse Chestnut

  • The Hundred Horse Chestnut is the oldest and largest known chestnut tree in the world, located in Sicily.
  • The tree is located 5 miles (8km) east of Mount Etna‘s centre, on it’s eastern slope.

 Description

  • It is estimated to be between 2,000-4,000 years old.
  • The tree is a Sweet Chestnut.
  • In local legend, the tree got it’s name when the Queen of Aragon visited Etna with one hundred knights, and they all sheltered under the tree from a storm.

 

Hundred Horse Chestnut

2000 BCE
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