The Sénia Territory, a land of millenary olive trees, comprises 27 villages located on both sides of the Sénia river and around Tosal del Rey, where Aragon, Catalonia, and the Region of Valencia meet.
This is where you will find the world's largest concentration of millenary olive trees. Nowadays there are 6.358 registered specimens which trunk has a perimeter greater than 3,50 m measured at 1,30 m above the ground, the predominant variety being Farga. Its very existence has given character to the landscape by providing a mosaic of trees and dry-stone walls.
To facilitate tours to see the most majestic olive trees and the areas of greatest concentration (all of which are located on estates that are still in production), two open-air museums have been created, as well as different areas with olive trees that are marked and explained, routes for walking or cycling, etc., in addition to a wide range of museums and interpretation centers, working oil mills, guided tours, selling and tasting of oil from millenary olive trees, and a wealth of culinary offerings.
OTRart “transforming waste into art”, cooperation project: 6 countries: Greece, Italy, Spain (M. Taula del Sénia), France, Croatia and Malta. Partners of the project :
In 2025, the Generalitat will give aid to the owners as the Law says
Vicente del Bosque, who in 2015 was named "Ambassador of the Millenary Olive Trees of the Sénia Territory", has presided over the 12th Congress of Millenary Olive Trees that was held in the Arión Natural Museum (Ulldecona) with the attendance of 90 people from all sectors :
Organised by FAO (Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean, UfM), AECID (Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation) and Casa Mediterráneo, the Mediterranean Meeting Workshop on SIPAM: exchange of good practices and lessons learned was held at Casa Mediterráneo in Alicante on 2, 3 and 4 October, in which the 5 Spanish SIPAMs participated: Uva pasa de la Axarquía, Salinas de Añana, Olivos milenarios Territorio Sénia, Irrigation historical in l’Horta de Valencia and