This holm oak in the garden of Villa Il Balbianello, Lenno, Como, Italy was planted around the year 1880, which makes it 143 years old

Aiden Starling

Updated Thursday, June 22, 2023 at 5:26 AM CDT

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Greymalum

I wanna f*** under that tree.

Chawzilla

That's one spherical a** tree

S***AtNight

It’s beautiful, but not that old by Italian standards😂

ForgeGoremann

Young for an oak

ForrestDwellingDonkey

Lets cut it down and count the rings

mhuyser

Is this the garden in Casino Royale?

TheSpanish1nquisition

I hate sand.

jdregius92

Holm Oaks are a very cool species, they are a broadleaved evergreen oak so this will be in full leaf year round. add on to the the care taken pruning and shaping this tree for over e century and this is a really nice tree. 5/7 Perfect score

NateintheNorth

Don't tell (18)80's kids that it was 143 years ago!

ChesterOaks

Ah Mr Bond I do hope your t*******s are feeling better.

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