Figueira do Meco
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This unique fig tree included in the catalog of senlleiras trees de Galicia It is born from a small cleft in a granite wall located on the mount of A Siradella. Despite not being a majestic tree, it is of the utmost importance to the local population. And it is that the history of O Grove is directly linked with this five meter fig tree. In fact, the Padre Sarmiento He mentions it already in the middle of the XNUMXth century when he recounts the legend that Meco was executed there for abusing various women from the town. When the judge asked “Who killed Meco?”, the people replied “We all killed Meco.”

the grovenses are known as meccas and mecos as a result of the legend of O Meco?

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