The olive tree in the old civilizations:
Whereas in Africa, vestiges of sheets of olive tree of the Middle Paleolithic (54.000 av. J-C) were discovered and what in Spain, the oldest fragments, dating the period of the Neolithic, were found taken out of the nest near Almería. Today still, the mythical story...Olive oil in Italy
The culture of olive tree in Italy is mainly in regions of Puglia, Sicily and the region Calabria or in a lesser extent in Tuscany, Ombrie, and Ligurie. Italy is the second producer of olive oil in the world behind Spain, this is mainly had large spaces devoted to the...The culture of the olive tree in Spain:
The story between the olive tree and Spain began from the colonization, at the end of the thousand-year-old 2nd av. J-C, of the Mediterranean Sea, by the Phoenician. At first, the phoenician culture was of low influence, but at the end of the VIIth century av. J-C,...The various forms of the olive oil
The cultivation of olive trees allows the production of olive oil, however an olive tree doesn’t produce only one variety of olive oil. Indeed there are several varieties of olive oil: – Extra virgin...Extra virgin Olive Oil, THE ORIGIN
There is a Greek myth which tells about how Athens was named. There were two gods who wish to name the great city with it's name, Atenea and Poseidon.
The Oracle of Delfos said that the one who gives the city the best gift would be the one to name it.
Poseidon build a river of salted water and Atenea created the olive tree.
Atenea won and the olive tree was the symbol and the most representative icon of the Greek and the Roman empires.
From the the olive tree humans extract the juice of the olives, the olive oil.
The Oracle of Delfos said that the one who gives the city the best gift would be the one to name it.
Poseidon build a river of salted water and Atenea created the olive tree.
Atenea won and the olive tree was the symbol and the most representative icon of the Greek and the Roman empires.
From the the olive tree humans extract the juice of the olives, the olive oil.