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English oak

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  • English oak

  • Peneda-Gerês National Park

  • North

  • Montalegre

Identification and Access

  • No

  • Quercus robur L.

  • Praça do Município, Montalegre

  • Câmara Municipal de Montalegre

  • 11 m

  • Isolated tree

  • More or less 300 years old

  • At the centre of the square was erected the gallows to hang convicts. This oak, as it is situated in this square is erroneously referred to as "Carvalho-da-Forca" (oak of the gallows). The old tree was only a silent witness of this terrible spectacle.