Athena’s olive tree

Erechtheum by luigig
Erechtheum, a photo by luigig on Flickr.

Legend … says that this olive tree can be traced back to the tree originally planted by Athena here. Every invader cut it down and every time someone saved a sprig to be planted later. The most recent replanting was done by members of the American School in 1952 who saved it bit from what the Germans destroyed in 1942.”

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