Smart Roots

In the splendid setting of the medieval historical centre of Seggiano is the Diffused Oil Museum, experiential path that among ancient stones and suggestive scenarios accompanies visitors to the discovery of historical-architectural emergencies of our territory. The itinerary unites different areas of interest and different historical periods and as a common thread follows the Olivastra Seggianese. This native olive cultivar which has characterised the surrounding landscape for centuries, represents an essential resource for the area. From pressing, an oil with renowned and appreciated organoleptic properties is obtained, enhanced with guided tastings at the Filiera Corta Sales Point. Going up and crossing the Via degli Orti, the imposing Cisternone which houses a specimen of Olivastra Seggianese. The peculiarity of this olive tree is that since November 2014 it has been fed with the aeroponic technique by nebulization (with the hanging roots); the experimental project is the translation into practice of the principle on the methods of communication of plants and was conceived by Professor Stefano Mancuso, a world-famous botanist and academic