From promoting a multifaceted heritage to regional development: olive tourism

The olive tree is the symbolic tree of the Mediterranean. A territorial marker if ever there was one, it marks out the contours of the Mediterranean area, nurturing identities like the Mediterranean diet. Over the centuries, the olive tree has shaped landscapes and cultures. Rome’s Monte Testaccio was built from the many amphorae that enabled oil to be transported throughout the Roman Empire, while the terraces and dry-stone walls made it possible to grow olive trees on the steepest slopes. ...