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Αποκεντρωμένη Διοίκηση Αιγαίου

Tree of Hippocrates

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Αποκεντρωμένη Διοίκηση Αιγαίου

Tree of Hippocrates

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Location: Αποκεντρωμένη Διοίκηση Αιγαίου, Greece

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ᴡɪʟᴅʀᴏᴄᴋᴇʀ 🌍

October 24, 2019

The current tree is about 500 years old, possibly it is an offshoot of the former plane tree.

Despite the bad tribe still very wide and dense treetop.

A very large (scaffolding) erected around the tree is not exactly beautiful, but it seems necessary.

The sole tree is a bit hidden, a large square with tavern invites you to take a break in the Greek heat.

The location is not crowded touristy, despite its popularity and importance.

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🌳 MaLa 🌳

June 14, 2019

Quiet place with a large plane tree, under which Hippocrates taught the legend more than 2000 years ago. The huge tree consists only of thick tree bark and is supported several times with pillars.

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Thomas 🏞🚶🏼‍♂️🍺

June 3, 2020

There is a large plane tree opposite the entrance to the Johanniter Castle, which provides shade for the whole square. Hippocrates, the forefather of modern medicine, is said to have planted the plane tree himself and taught it under this tree.

When the apostle Paul came to Kos a few centuries later, he taught Christianity under the same tree.

The floor around the plane tree is bordered by a low wall. There is an ancient sarcophagus on the north side of the wall. It was converted into a fountain during the Ottoman rule and served as a cleaning fountain for the neighboring loggia mosque.

The trunk diameter is over four meters and the crown diameter is about 18 m. The trunk has now been completely hollowed out due to insect and fungal attack. The rest of the trunk was painted on the inside with a protective red paint.

The branches have been supported with iron bars since 1975 so that they do not break due to their weight or the wind. In addition to the old trunk, two new shoots have grown from the roots of the tree, which means that the plane tree of Hippocrates will live on for many years to come.

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