ASH / BEECH / BLACK HORNBEAM
MAPLE / OAK / SPRUCE / PINE
A. Wild pine B. Ash C. Beech D. Black hornbeam E. Maple F. Spruce G. Oak
The chestnut tree is a tree that since ancient times has been known and appreciated for its many uses. Already in the fourth century BC the historical Xenophon called it "bread tree", because for many centuries it represented a fundamental source of sustenance especially for mountain populations.
Chestnuts can be cooked in many ways: boiled, roasted, dried and transformed into flour and are a versatile ingredient for making numerous preparations, from first courses to desserts. Chestnut wood was also used to heat and to build, leaves to mediate and tannins extracted from wood to tan leather.
Among the oldest trees reviewed in Valle Sabbia there is also “il Castagno della Vrangina” located in the municipality of Vobarno, which has a trunk circumference of 8.10 meters. It has been alive for more than 3 centuries, it was struck by lightning years ago and got sick with chestnut cancer, but it was cured and healed.
See the video of the secular trees of the Valle Sabbia surveyed by the Ecological Guards.