olive-forests

Updated: May 19, 2025

We went along the coast to Spezzia, saw Carrara with the white marble mountains, passed through the olive-forests and the vineyards, avenues of acacia trees, chestnut woods, glorious surprises of the most exquisite scenery. I say olive-forests advisedly the olive grows like a forest-tree in those regions, shading the ground with tints of silvery network.

Robert Browning - Life and Letters of Robert Browning