Bulgaria - Greece
Oct. 10, 1977 - Plato's tree Athens, Greece - Plato's tree, the 3, 000 year old age enduring olive tree under which the ancient greek philosopher preached to his audience, has been finally rescued after a modern type traffic accident smashed and uprooted it one year ago. On the anniversary of the accident, which saw a tourist coach plummet off the road and into the tree, restoration supervising archaeologist elizabeth spathari said: After careful daily treatment over the year, we've at last got the desired result. Plato's tree has taken root again. The heavy coach had on October 8th, 1976 last year uprooted the tree, breaking its twisted trunk into four main pieces and leaving little else. The government immediately announced that the attempt to rescue the
