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...Olive oil and nuts, two allies against memory loss
The largest work done in Spain on healthy food, Predimed, with data of 7,500 people, observed two years ago that when the Mediterranean diet (already protective) was reinforced with extra virgin olive oil or nuts, the risk of Suffer cerebral accidents up to...The olive oil, in brief:
The olive oil is the juice of the olive; it is thus a totally natural product stemming from a fresh product. A fruit (an olive) very mature amounted to a fruit full of oil. The olive oil is then the fat extracted from some fruits of the olive tree. It consists about...The Olive Tree : From Antique Greece to Modern Italy
Since Antique Greece, numerous peoples introduced the olive tree within their community. Today this tree has an international dimension, with various symbols, according to civilizations. In Antique Greece The olive tree was considered as being a symbol of peace,...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.