A week devoted to recognizing cultural heritage
Various events celebrate importance of dry-stone walls, Mediterranean rock art, and ancient olive trees
olive trees
Olive trees planted in remembrance of August 17 Barcelona terrorist attack victim
Pau Pérez, who would have been 35 on Sunday, was stabbed to death as perpetrator of atrocity fled police
One-thousand years old olive oil suffers from drought
The harvest of the millenarian olive oil dropped to one fifth compared to the previous season due to drought. This olive oil coming from 1,000 years old trees is a delicatessen from the Ebre Delta, in Southern Catalonia. Locals are pushing for UNESCO to declare the 4,500 trees a World Heritage.