{"id":3236,"date":"2019-09-06T17:45:01","date_gmt":"2019-09-06T15:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/animamediterranea.eu\/?p=3236"},"modified":"2024-01-22T16:59:34","modified_gmt":"2024-01-22T14:59:34","slug":"pantelleria-una-storia-lunga-3000-anni-i-giardini-panteschi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nikeitaly.it\/en\/2019\/09\/paesaggi-territori\/parchi-colline\/pantelleria-una-storia-lunga-3000-anni-i-giardini-panteschi","title":{"rendered":"Pantelleria: a 3000-year history... the Pantelleria gardens"},"content":{"rendered":"
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These are typical constructions of the island of\u00a0Pantelleria<\/strong>, Pantelleria gardens were built to protect plants from the strong winds that blow on the island in every season. Dating back to the beginnings of the culture of the hot arid countries of the southern Mediterranean, these circular buildings, inside which a single citrus tree is kept, closed by a door, represent an ingenious self-sufficient agronomic system capable of defending the citrus tree from the two main threats to its survival on the island: the wind, whose intensity and frequency cause damage incompatible with the survival of the trees, and the scarcity of water, which can sometimes lead to 300 uninterrupted days of drought.
\nOne of the few specimens of those still present on the island of Pantelleria in a good state of preservation is located in Contrada Khamma, and was generously donated to the FAI<\/strong> from the historic Sicilian winery Donnafugata.<\/strong> The Pantelleria garden, which is located in a natural amphitheatre made up of terraces planted with centuries-old Zibibbo vines, has been completely and skilfully restored. In terms of its size and construction characteristics, it represents the most widespread type on the island: its circular layout, diameter (11 metres outside and 8.4 inside), height (up to 4 m) and the lava stone used to dry the soil guarantee the best microclimatic conditions. Inside the garden, an extraordinary, centuries-old sweet orange tree \"Portugal\", an ancient variety rich in seeds but also in sugary juice, grows on several trunks until it occupies the entire available area.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n

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