#gerontoelia

Gerontoelia is the oldest olive tree in the world on the island of Naxos, Greece, in the village Kastri. It is estimated to be over 5,000 years old.

Gerontoelia is behind a stone wall, so I couldn't get up close (seen here), but here is another olive tree on the same grove. By size I believe it would also be thousands of years old.

Gerontoelia, the oldest olive tree in the world

Kastri village in Naxos, Greece

left is a point and shoot photo of Gerontoelia, the oldest olive tree in the world, behind a stone wall. Right photo shows other olive trees on the same grove.

Naxos, Greece olive tree grove in Kastri, by Gerontoelia, the oldest olive tree in the world. Last photo depicts Byzantine church of Agios Isidoros, built in the 6th-7th century.

an elder olive tree