Ivanovice na Hané - Ivanovice acacia

In the northern part of the city in Nádražní street, there is an important memorial tree, a more than 340-year-old acacia tree, which is considered the oldest thorn tree in Moravia. The local acacia (Robinia pseudoacacia in Latin) was probably planted here around 1663, when burials began in the newly built local cemetery. The tree grows in what is now a former cemetery called Behind the Gate, which is arranged as…