Olive Oil Pottery This generic name comprises ceramic objects used for transportation, storage, and consumption of olive oil products. For instance, thousands of containers with over 120.000 kg of oil were found in the excavations of the Ebla palace in northern Syria, the pieces are believed to be over 3500 years old. The Sumerian tablets...Read More
Olive Oil Properties Olive oil is a symbol of healing, too. It has always been considered to have medicinal properties, many of which have nowadays been proven: it promotes shiny hair and healthy nails, and is used to help with earache and dry skin. It boosts the digestive and immune systems and aids function of...Read More
In the Kingdom of Olive Trees From very olden times the olive tree has been a symbol of peace and reconciliation, a sign of alliance between nature and men. The dove with an olive branch is one of the most ancient symbols of peace which appears in the biblical story of Noah´s Ark. The dove...Read More
It’s that time of year again and Autumn is in full swing here in the Central Spanish Pyrenees. The hillsides and valleys are awash with colour, temperatures are dropping, days are getting shorter, mushrooms are erupting from the earth, chestnuts are ripening… It is a wonderful time to be in the mountains and as long...Read More
The objective of most pilgrims following the Camino de Santiago is reach the city of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia, in the northwest corner of Spain. Some believe that the name of Compostela comes from Latin “campus stellae” meaning field of stars, others believe it comes from “compositum” – burial place. Disagreement about...Read More
