{"id":7450,"date":"2018-02-26T17:22:35","date_gmt":"2018-02-26T17:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/?p=7450"},"modified":"2018-03-01T00:30:43","modified_gmt":"2018-03-01T00:30:43","slug":"beautiful-bartek-oak-tree-in-poland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/beautiful-bartek-oak-tree-in-poland\/","title":{"rendered":"Beautiful Bartek oak tree in Poland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u201cA tree is our most intimate contact with nature.\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2015 George Nakashima<\/p>\n<p>If you love trees (and who doesn&#8217;t?), you will be amazed by this beautiful tree!\u00a0It grows in Zagna\u0144sk near Kielce in the <strong>\u015awi\u0119torzyskie \u00a0Mountains (G\u00f3ry \u015awi\u0119tokrzyskie)<\/strong>.\u00a0 Its age, long estimated at up to 1200 years, has recently been determined more exactly, with a corer used to extract a sample for proper counting of the growth rings.\u00a0An accurate count is impossible, as Bartek&#8217;s interior has hollowed with age. There are several older trees in Poland, both oaks and yews (some over 1000 years old), yet none of them has matched Bartek&#8217;s fame.\u00a0Since 1954, it has been protected as a natural monument.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/02\/fullsizeoutput_d427.jpeg\" aria-label=\"Fullsizeoutput D427\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7452\"  alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"384\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/02\/fullsizeoutput_d427.jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/02\/fullsizeoutput_d427.jpeg 520w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/02\/fullsizeoutput_d427-350x258.jpeg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 30-metre tall<strong> Bartek<\/strong> measures 13.5 metres in girth at its base. Its crown spreads about 40 metres. Under the Bartek oak tree, King Casimir III is known to have been pictured as holding his court. It is also told that Jan III Sobieski rested under this tree on his way back from the Battle of Vienna, and hid a Turkish sabre, an arquebus and a bottle of wine inside it.<\/p>\n<p>The oak is still alive, but is in decline. In 1829 it had 14 main branches, today only 8 are left.<\/p>\n<p>It is definitely an interesting place to visit. A lot of people try to bring friends with them to figure out how many many arms you need to hug this tree! If you are in the area, definitely stop by, before it&#8217;s going to be too late!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"258\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/02\/fullsizeoutput_d427-350x258.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/02\/fullsizeoutput_d427-350x258.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/02\/fullsizeoutput_d427.jpeg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>\u201cA tree is our most intimate contact with nature.\u201d \u2015 George Nakashima If you love trees (and who doesn&#8217;t?), you will be amazed by this beautiful tree!\u00a0It grows in Zagna\u0144sk near Kielce in the \u015awi\u0119torzyskie \u00a0Mountains (G\u00f3ry \u015awi\u0119tokrzyskie).\u00a0 Its age, long estimated at up to 1200 years, has recently been determined more exactly, with a&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/beautiful-bartek-oak-tree-in-poland\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":7452,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[3,2332,12489],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7450","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-nature","category-places-to-visit"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/56"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7450"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7454,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7450\/revisions\/7454"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}