Strane is a small village below the eastern slopes of Mount Nanos in the Municipality of Postojna in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia. Strane has what is considered the oldest and largest yew in Slovenia. The tree is estimated to be 550 years old and it has a circumference of 420 centimeters. Karel Dežman had previously estimated the tree as 952 …Strane is a small village below the eastern slopes of Mount Nanos in the Municipality of Postojna in the Inner Carniola region of Slovenia. Strane has what is considered the oldest and largest yew in Slovenia. The tree is estimated to be 550 years old and it has a circumference of 420 centimeters. Karel Dežman had previously estimated the tree as 952 years old in 1860, assuming a slower rate of growth. Folk tradition claims that Saint Jerome preached under a predecessor of the current yew.
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