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CULTURE: WHEN THE BELLS TOLL

Feb 5, 2010 Activities, Asturias, Culture, History, Monument, Monuments, Nature, News, Tourism, Tourism, Asturias Tourism, Cultured Tourism, Natural Tourism

Just like hundreds of years ago, the Yew tree continues to be the centre of life and death of many Celtic villages.

The BELLS, the BARD and the BAGPIPES opened the V Yew Tree Council in Santibáñez de la Fuente, in the municipality of Aller (Asturias).

Nothing like this has been called for over a hundred years. On 31^st January 2010, the Yew Tree Council, comprised of 34 groups and associations linked to culture, art or the environment requested that this singular Celtic totem tree and natural treasure be protected. The reason for the petition was due to the many restoration projects that were being executed on Romanesque, pre-Romanesque or late-Romanesque churches in the area and which have caused serious damages to these trees, such as those undergone by the Abamia Yew tree in Cangas de Onís (Asturias). They argued that work can be carried out on these churches while ensuring that no damage is caused to these ancient trees.

The meeting was held under the Sanitbáñez de la Fuente Yew tree where everyone had their say democratically and the V Yew Tree Council meeting was closed with the Xuaca Amieva bagpipes, with a song dedicated to this century-old Yew tree. This tree was declared a natural monument by Spanish Royal Decree 78/95 on the 27^th of April 1995.

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