Olive cultivation achieves cult status in Istria, Croatia

Olives have defined Istria for millennia. The first written testimonies related to our peninsula related to olives or extra virgin olive oil date from the time of the ancient Greeks and Romans. Back then, as incredible as it may sound, Istrian oil was considered the best compared to other oils. Marcus Valerius Martialis (40-103 AD), of Spanish origin and considered the most important writer of epigrams, left some of the most beautiful written tributes dedicated to Istrian oil: “Uncto Corduba laetior Venafro, Histria nec minus absolute testa” (" Córdoba, more fertile in oil than Venafrum, no less perfect than an Istrian oil amphora ”). EVOO is undoubtedly the pride of all Istria In recent times, this reputation had been lost; However, at the beginning of the year 2000 Istria began to rediscover its most important assets: extra virgin olive oil, truffles (black and white), wine and Serrano ham, the so-called poker of aces that makes us proud throughout the world. world. Although in ...