The Oldest Tree in Europe, 4.000 years old

Did you know that the eldest tree in Europe is located in Sicily? On top of an active volcano (also the tallest active volcano in Europe)? Its name is Castagno dei Cento Cavalli (Hundred Horse Chestnut), discover why.

It is believed to be between 2.000 and 4.000 years old, and with an impressive girth of 57.9m (190ft), it is mentioned in the Guinness World Records as the "Greatest Tree Girth Ever".

[BloodyCrow__]

Fun fact: Cleopatra was born closer to the space launch then the building of the pyramids.

[soulshadoww]

It would have been nice to actually see more of the tree!

[juan]

You are easily becoming one of my favorite subs. I am half Italian and I'm loving all the Italian History videos. Keep up the good work!!

[scarecrow]

omg if it could talk +its age and knowledge it would be a real life Ent :0

[APPLEPIE]

Well luckily Sicily doesn't have the pine beetle there. Those things are killing all of our old growth forests in Canada.

[erikgranqvist]

There is a spruce here in Sweden, who is said to be older than that.

[seeker]

It must be an amazing thing to be in the presence of a living creation that old. The mind boggles. Thanks for showing this.

[trevordeane]

Lovely chestnut tree, one of the oldest in Europe but actually may not be the oldest.The is a yew tree in Wales that is also about 4, 000 years old, some oaks in Ukraine that are about 4, 000 years old and there is a yew in Scotland that has not been aged yet that is thought to bebetween 7, 000 and 9, 000 years old. Ireland, England, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Czech Republic, Romania, Bulgaria, Italyand Spain all claim to have trees of about 3, 000 years old.

[VicariousReality]

We have a 9550 year old spruce living in Dalarna

[MsJavaWolf]

Hard to imagine how many spirits live in that tree.

[madzen]

The Romans must've thought it was an old tree. Just imagine them walking around it in their togas.

[PhilipMax]

It's the oldest, not the eldest.

[sylvanstrength]

I just saw this and I think it is my favorite video. I love the bright, near perfect lighting for the video. The tree is beautiful and this video was rather inspirational in its own way! Thank you for this.

[caspianvilhelmsson]

Fun fakt, the oldest Living tree in the WORLD is in europe in sweden at more then 8000 years old

[vers]

Europes oldest tree "Old Tjikko" grows in Sweden, it´s 9550 years old

[RyuFireheart]

Imagine if this tree had eyes, mouth and a mind to share with us all it have seen during its life.

[iosephvsrvssvs]

The largest and oldest known chestnut tree in the world, wow...

[justiceprevail]

There should be a picture of the whole tree with a person next to it.

[knightleeb]

If that tree could talk, all the history it would share.

[luckyphil]

I'm very late here but there is the llangernyw yew in Wales which is also supposed to be around 4000 years old!