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The Primeval Oak Trees
East of Vouhorina, near the settlement’s cemetery, one has the opportunity to come across a rare natural monument. Surrounded by legends, the primeval oak tree spreads its branches, Megalos Gerontas tis Vouhorinas (The Great Old Man of Vouhorina) as locals call it. Its circumference is
Another oak tree that may be of similar age can be found along the path that connects Hrysavgi with Morfi, some 2 kilometers north of the settlement, adjacent to a field.
Younger primeval oaks can also be found in Profitis Ilias of Siatista, in Koryfi, at the chapel of Panagiotopoula between Vythos and Avgerinos, at the chapel just before Morfi, as well as in the parvis of Agios Dimitrios in Anthohori.
Similar colossal trees used to be found in Pentalofos, at locations Kokal and Ntranous ta dentra. But they were sacrificed during the harsh winters of ’47 and ’48 for the inhabitants’ increased needs in heating, their population having skyrocketed, as the army had transferred there every citizen of the surrounding 6 villages for safety reasons, during the persecution of the rebels.
It is quite possible for other primeval oak trees to be thriving in Voio, as the tree is dominant in the low slopes of the mountain in altitudes ranging from 600 to