Phoenix dactylifera - Barcelona, Spain
Posted by: razalas
N 41° 23.045 E 002° 10.544
31T E 431081 N 4581722
An exceptional tree classified as a tree of local interest.
Waymark Code: WMBGEH
Location: Cataluña, Spain
Date Posted: 05/19/2011
Views: 32
In the middle of a Gothic courtyard with central fountain and arches, the palm of the Archdeacon's House, today Municipal Historical Archive rises to the upper gallery, open, balustrade, to attain the windows above. Rarely a specimen tree acquires a so popular and so significant harmoniously with the history and architecture of the fifteenth century mansion, restored in the nineteenth and again in beginning of the century.
Genus/Species: Phoenix dactylifera
Height: 79
Girth: 17
Method of obtaining height: Reliable source
Method of obtaining girth: Reliable source
Location type: Other public property
Age: 128
Website reference: [Web Link]
Historical significance: Not listed
Planter: Not listed
Parking coordinates: Not Listed
Walk time: Not Listed
Photograpy coordinates: Not Listed
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