Hundred Horse Chestnut
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hundred-horse-chestnut-193-16202885
title:
Hundred Horse Chestnut
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The Hundred-Horse Chestnut is the largest and oldest known chestnut tree in the world. Located on Linguaglossa road in Sant'Alfio, on the eastern slope of Mount Etna in Sicily — only 8 km (5.0 mi) from the volcano's crater — it is generally believed to be 2,000 to 4,000 years old. It is a sweet chestnut. Guinness World Records has listed it for the record of "Greatest Tree Girth Ever", noting that it had a circumference of 57.9 m (190 ft) when it was measured in 1780. Above ground, the tree has
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Largest and oldest known chestnut tree
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundred_Horse_Chestnut
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2024-01-09T08:55:25Z
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