Giant Black Pine

This pine is over 500 years old

Collection: Nature trails · Cyprus · Open in OpenStreetMap

The story

The giant black pine stands 50 to 60 meters off the trail, by a Department of Forests sign. According to the sign, it is over 500 years old. It was a young tree at the start of the sixteenth century, when Magellan sailed to America and across the Pacific. There are many protected trees like this on the peaks of Troodos National Forest Park. The oldest one is about 1,000 years old.

On the trail

• Artemis — 7 km, 2.5–3 h

On the way

• Paphos → Troodos
• Limassol → Troodos

Sources

• Τμήμα Δασών — Μονοπάτια: «Άρτεμις» (κυκλικό, 7 km, 2,5–3 ώρες, βαθμός δυσκολίας 1, δύο μαύρες πεύκες ~500 ετών, «Τα Τεισιά της παλιάς Χώρας», 1571)
• Department of Forests sign by the giant black pine: over 500 years old; the park’s oldest trees are about 1,000 years old (photo of the sign: Fry72, Wikimedia Commons)

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