The olive tree in Europe

A 16% of the surface of culture of the olive tree of the world is in Spain. In reference to the world production 26% is from Spain, followed by Italy with 18% and from Greece with 15%.
In Italy, the most part of the production is destined to the production of oil. There, there are only more than 300 people that cultivate olive trees.
About the origin of the olive tree in Europe, the Phoenicians introduced the olive tree in Europe, concretly in Greece. From here it went on to Rome and to all its empire. For them, the olive tree, represented the strength