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The Ministry of Agriculture in the Republic of Spain barred logging operations and palm-endangering activities on March 8, 1933. [25] The Ministry of National Education invoked the Artistic Treasury Law on July 27, 1943 and designated all Elche palm groves an Artistic Garden. [26]
The Picual, also known as Marteña or Lopereña, is an olive cultivar from Spain. Picual olives are the most commonly grown olive today for olive oil production, [1] with production centered in the Spanish province of Jaén. [2] Picual trees are estimated to account for 25% of all olive oil production in the world.
A latifundium (Latin: latus, "spacious", and fundus, "farm", "estate") [1] was originally the term used by ancient Romans for great landed estates specialising in agriculture destined for sale: grain, olive oil, or wine.
Today the olive groves are being restored and olive-oil production has resumed. [4] [citation needed] Donkeys and sheep have returned to the hillside and the estate is again producing its own farm products—still on a small scale, but increasing year on year. [5] [citation needed] In 2014 Orient-Express changed its name to Belmond Ltd.
In 1881 George Bonsor and Juan Fernández López purchased two plots of land containing old quarries and olive groves, situated a short distance west of Carmona, and commenced excavations. On the site were some curiously shaped mounds which they later found to be tumuli of prehistoric age. Around these mounds the Romans had for centuries hewn ...
Site is key to understanding arrival and consolidation of Romans in Spain, researchers say Archaeologists unearth ancient Roman forum in Spain that likely served special purpose Skip to main content
Sovena Agriculture – This business area consists of exploring its own farmyards, or rented ones, in order to grow olive groves and manage olive oil mills where its own olives can be processed. It is a huge project, one of the largest in the World, and it is already working at full speed in Portugal, Spain and Morocco.
Police also investigated three olive oil factories in Italy, officials said. 68,000 gallons of fake, inedible ‘olive oil’ seized in Spain, cops say. 11 arrested Skip to main content