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Always present in the Lake Garda area, the olive tree began to play a key role in the seventh century A.D. as evidenced by an edict of 643 that applied fines to those caught damaging olive trees in villages around Garda.
Already in the Middle Ages Garda oil was distinguished by its high quality and high economic value compared to oils of other origins and was used with excellent results in both food and medicine. Food use was for the few, as in the early Middle Ages “4-6 kg of Garda oil was worth as much as a very large pig.”
In the Renaissance, on the other hand, man's work helped to delineate the characteristic features of the agricultural landscape. In this era people began to redesign the slopes with elaborate arrangements, which became true “terraced” constructions, so much so that it was called, as early as 1968, the “Riviera of Olives.”
The fame of Garda oil has been increasing; today Garda DOP oil is among the top 5 Italian DOP olive oils.
Garda olives are born in a rich territory between lakes and mountains.
In the south it is surrounded by the moraine hills and in the higher and narrower part in the north, enveloped by the high mountain ranges that give it the shape and course of a fjord and protect it by making its climate particularly mild Mediterranean-type.
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