Nature areas
The Plane Tree of El Vivero
Visit the botanical garden of Coria and you will discover one of the trees the town's inhabitants take the most pride in conserving.
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- The Plane Tree of El Vivero
The king of the garden of Coria
Location and Contact:
- Contact person: Coria Botanical Garden
- Tel.:+34 927 50 80 00 Ext-314
- Email: botanico@coria.org
- Website address: www.coria.org/botanico/
- Opening times
Monday-Friday: 8am-3pm
Closed on weekends and public holidays
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Visit the botanical garden of Coria and you will discover one of the trees the town's inhabitants take the most pride in conserving.
In the botanical garden of Coria, you will be blown away by the elegant plane tree specimen that locals call the Plátano del Vivero. Definitely a singular plane tree if we bear in mind its life of more than 125 years in perfect condition, and its height, which is now more than 25 metres.
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Type:
- Singular Tree
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