Top 6 Famous Trees You Really Should Know [ GENUINE RANKING]
6. Sri Maha Bodhi
Sri Maha Bodhi is found in Bodh Gaya, a place of religious pilgrimage for Buddhists. More specifically, the tree is found next to the Mahabodhi Temple, a temple marking the place where Buddha attained his enlightenment. In fact, legend has it that Buddha sat under the very tree that is there today. A shrine marks the place where Buddha is thought to have gazed at the tree with unblinking eyes for seven days. This ultimate show of respect and adoration was in response to the tree’s help in his illumination. The story is so widely regarded that this particular type of fig tree, wherever it is found, is now named the Bodhi Tree (or simply Bo) or the Sacred Fig.
5. The Cotton Tree
Trees are symbolic to many people. To the people of Sierre Leone, the Cotton Tree stands as a monument to the freed African American slaves who settled the area circa 1792. These former slaves were granted freedom when they fought for the British cause during the American war of independence. According to lore, these freed men landed on the shore of Sierre Leone and held a service of thanksgiving around this tree for being delivered into free land (the town in which it resides in is aptly named Freetown). The tree hasn’t been age-verified, but its cultural significance alone has earned it a place among the oldest, most prestigious buildings Freetown has to offer. Services, offerings, and prayers are still offered to the tree in order to entreat the favor of Sierre Leone’s ancestors. The tree remains a symbol of hope and peace in an area of the world sometimes fraught with violence.
4. The Boab Prison Tree
Just like humans, trees can become famous for all the wrong reasons. In Derby, Australia, there is such a tree that attracts attention for all the wrong reasons. The Boab Prison Tree is known to have been used to jail Aboriginal prisoners en route to be sentenced in Derby. The word ‘boab’ is an Australian take on baobab, and you can see the resemblance between the boab and the baobab trees of Madagascar. The Australian boab is known for having a trunk that is short, swollen and often hollow. Its walls are thick and water tight, so like the baobabs of Madagascar, Aboriginal Australians used the trees to collect and store water during dry months. Boab leaves are also reputably medicinal.
3. El Árbol del Tule (The Tree of Tule)
The Tree of Tule is located on sanctified grounds in Santa María del Tule, Mexico. The Tule Tree is a Montezuma cypress, a type of tree known for its drum-like shape and overall stoutness. Seemingly as much a boulder as a tree, El Árbol del Tule sports one of the stoutest trunks in the world, beating even that of the General Sherman. The tree is considered a heritage site of Mexico and the world, but as usual humans tend to muck things up. It has been determined that the Tule Tree is slowly dying from human exposure, specifically pollution stemming from nearby traffic and choking its roots.
2. Methuselah
Sometimes fame just chances upon people, randomly elevating them beyond their station. Methuselah has long been considered the oldest, non-clonal, single tree on earth. A staple on tree articles and lists everywhere, though many people fail to recognize that there since has been an older bristlecone pine found. Alas, this 5062 year old newcomer (ironic I know) to the scene does not even have a proper name. Still, at 4800 plus years old, Methuselah has done well for itself. Things could have been much worse, should this ancient one have succumbed to the fate of its predecessor, Prometheus. Prometheus would be older than Methuselah is now had it now been cut down in 1964. Methuselah has dispelled rumors that it had anything to do with Prometheus’s demise.
1. Oak Chapel of Allouville-Bellefosse
Yes, there are winding steps going around a large oak tree. But no, this is not World of Warcraft or a fantasy novel. What you see before you is an oak tree that has long ago been converted into a place of Christian worship. The tree can be found in the small French town of Allouville-Bellefosse, where it has persevered through and serves as a reminder of the medieval ages. The tree has been dated to be around 800 years old. During the 1600s, a fire caused by a lightning bolt helped hollow out the inside, and amazingly the tree didn’t die. Wooden shingles have been placed in the areas where the oak tree is bare of bark. Supports can be seen buttressing the tree against wind and its own weight. The Oak Chapel of Allouville-Bellefosse ranks first on this list using no reason or logic outside of the fact it best represents the merging of natural appreciation with human imagination.
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Le Chene Chapelle The Ancient Oak Tree Chapel as Old As France Itself | New Discovery
Le Chene Chapelle: The Ancient Oak Tree Chapel as Old As France Itself | New Discovery
In J. M. Barrie’s most famous work, Peter Pan , the eponymous character’s hideout is depicted as an underground home accessed through the hollow of one of seven large trees. The notion that one is able to access an underground lair by stepping into the hollow of a tree is indeed the stuff of bed time stories and fairy tales. In France, however, there exists an equally fanciful tree – an ancient oak that is home to not one, but two ancient chapels in its hollowed-out center.
The Chêne Chapelle (meaning the ‘chapel oak’) is located in Allouville-Bellefosse, a commune in the Seine-Maritime department of the Upper Normandy region, France. According to the locals, the oak tree is old as the nation of France itself, and was already in existence during the reign of Charlemagne in the 9 th century A.D. It is also said that in 1035, William the Conqueror, the first Norman king of England, had knelt at the base of this oak, perhaps on the occasion of his succession to the Dukedom of Normandy. Although local tradition states that the oak is about 1200 years old, scientists claim that the tree is probably closer to 800 years old. Nevertheless, it remains the oldest known tree in France today.
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