Plátano do Rossio, in Portalegre, 182 years old and an infinite million times past in its shadow, is the tree that represents Portugal in the Tree of the Year, where the European Tree of the Year 2021 will be elected. They count their age, they are those others that adhere to their morphology: 7 meters of trunk perimeter and 37 meters of crown diameter. More difficult to calculate are the memories and secrets he keeps, the kisses he encouraged and the others he helped to hide, the unconfessable confessions, the heartfelt hugs, the declarations of love, the anger and indiscretions of the people and the city that with they cohabit. A city that seems to be organized around this aggregating plane tree. A secular companion, a reliable listener, a friendly shadow, a witness to personal and individual history for several generations, as many as can fit in almost two hundred years of existence.
In addition to the Alentejo plane tree, two other plane trees compete in this 11th edition of this European competition, the one from Derbent, in the Russian Federation, 284 years old, and the one from Curinga, in Italy, 1000 years old. Determination, resilience and adaptation. This explains the longevity of these portentous plane trees, a species of tree that we know so well and to which we are fervently devoted, since the wood that gives life to our light is made of plane trees, after years of shaping our shadow.
We are fans of trees more than anything else in the world, and for bananas we have always lost each other in love and found each other in passion, so they will always occupy a place at the top of our affective podium, as the sound of the leaves on their branches animates the beating of our heart and gives rhythm to our life. A pulsar that vibrates in us Light It Be lamps. Merit of the plane tree, we just go after the beat.
Regarding this year's vote for the 2021 European Tree, we look forward to hearing the outcome. However, it will always be a tree, so it will always be a deserving winner.
PS – Once the votes are counted and the winners have been determined, meanwhile announced, we already know who occupied the podium: in first place was the Millenary Azinheira de Lecina, in Spain, followed by two leafy and millenary plane trees, that of Curinga, in Italy, and the Ancient Plane, in the Russian Federation, which won third place.
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