Proposal to include Apulia’s ‘Plain of Olive Trees’ on Unesco list

The first of three meetings to support the nomination of the “Piana degli Ulivi” (Plain of Olive Trees) to be inserted in the Unesco World Heritage list took place in Ostuni, Puglia. The plain is an area between the villages of Fasano, Ostuni and Carovigno claiming the largest concentration of ancient olive trees in the Mediterranean area: some specimens date back more than 3,000 years and are considered natural archaeological monuments.