One of the largest trees on the Vanderbilt campus, and the only one known to predate the university and the Revolutionary War.ģ0★0′28″N 83★8′54″W / 30.841114°N 83.981721°W / 30.841114 -83.981721 ( The Big Oak) Said to have been planted to commemorate the Battle of Buttington in 893. Used for mass executions of inmates of the Jasenovac concentration camp. Planted in 1336 by Tsar Dušan, destroyed by Albanian extremists in 1999. Tree under which Miloš Obrenović started the Second Serbian Uprising. The current 'tree' is a concrete replica, however growth around the replica may be from the same root system as the original tree. Marks the area of highest casualties suffered by the Royal Newfoundland Regiment during their attack at Beaumont Hamel during the Battle of the Somme. It was felled in 2011 despite a massive campaign to preserve it. The TV-oak or TV-eken was a tree in front of the offices of Sveriges Television. The name 'Red Forest' comes from the ginger brown colour of the pine trees after they died following the absorption of high levels of radiation. The tree under which Hippocrates is supposed to have taught.įormerly the Worm Wood Forest, refers to the trees growing in the 10 km 2 surrounding the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant and is one of several of the Chernobyl disaster effects on 26 April 1986. The tree has been replaced by a descendant.Ĭut down in the mid-18th century and fashioned into mementos. King Charles II hid in the tree to escape the Roundheads following the Battle of Worcester in 1651. It was a sacred tree venerated by Norse pagans, still extant in the second half of the 11th century. Reputed to have been planted by Joseph of Arimathea.Ī tree sacred to the Germanic tribe of the Chatti, ancestors of the Hessians. The tree was destroyed in a gale in the late summer of 2010. Later recorded by Marco Polo.Īccording to a legend, it has sprung from a branch brought by Zoroaster from Paradise.Ĥ0☁3′49.48″N 26☁7′14.74″E / 40.2304111°N 26.2874278☎ / 40.2304111 26.2874278 ( Lone Pine)įeatured in Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl. Northern Persia, possibly Tabriz or somewhere in KhorasanĪccording to a legend, the solitary Dry tree marked the spot of a great battle between Alexander the Great and Darius. ![]() Thought to be a specimen of Sindora wallichii, with an estimated height of 75 metres (246 feet), it was felled with explosive charges during the Second World War to prevent its use as a ranging aide by the approaching Japanese artillery. The original tree died and was replaced by a replica.Ī historical visual landmark located in Singapore. The tree on which the Chongzhen Emperor hanged himself shortly after escaping the Forbidden City in Beijing, China.
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