{{Short description|Ancient tree in Granit, Bulgaria}}{{Infobox monument|name=Granit Oak|image=Granit Oak Bulgaria 06.JPG|native_name=Гранитски дъб|location=Granit, Bulgaria}} The '''Granit oak''' ({{Langx|bg|Гранитски дъб}}) is a pedunculate oak (''Quercus robur'') tree that grows within the boundaries of Granit village, Bulgaria.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sz.government.bg/pressmsg.php?id=1776 |title="The living eternity" tells about the century-old oak in the village of Granit |publisher=Stara Zagora Local Government |language=Bulgarian |accessdate=4 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120123102516/http://www.sz.government.bg/pressmsg.php?id=1776 |archivedate=23 January 2012 }}</ref>
== Description == The oak measures {{Convert|2.38|m|abbr=on}} in diameter and {{Convert|7.46|m|abbr=on}} in girth at waist level and reaches {{Convert|23.4|m|abbr=on}} in height, but only eastern side branches remain alive.
== History == In March 1982, samples were taken with a pressler drill, from which it was estimated that the tree was 1637 years old. With an estimated germination date of 345 AD, it is the oldest tree in Bulgaria and one of the oldest in Europe.<ref>{{Cite news |last=admin |date=2024-07-07 |title=Centuries-old trees in Bulgaria: living witnesses of history - Bulgaria for foreign travellers |url=https://bulgariasightseeing.com/centuries-old-trees-in-bulgaria-living-witnesses-of-history/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241102113859/https://bulgariasightseeing.com/centuries-old-trees-in-bulgaria-living-witnesses-of-history/ |archive-date=2024-11-02 |access-date=2025-12-08 |work=Bulgaria for foreign travellers |language=en-US}}</ref>
In 1967 the Granit oak was declared a protected tree and included in the list of the natural monuments of Bulgaria.<ref>[http://212.122.183.24/newsite/?show=top&cid=15 Register of Centuries Old Trees, Bulgarian Ministry of Environment and Waters] {{Dead link|date=June 2017}}</ref>
In 2010 the oak was featured prominently in a documentary ''Live Eternity'' (in {{Langx|bg|Жива Вечност}}).<ref>Vanyo Stoilov, ''The Oldest Tree in Europe is Slowly Dying -Rado-'', 24 ''Chassa Daily'', 20 November 2011. (In Bulgarian)</ref>
== See also == *Baikushev's pine *List of individual trees *List of oldest trees
== References == {{Reflist}}
== Gallery ==
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Granit oak}} Category:Individual oak trees Category:Stara Zagora Province Category:Individual trees in Bulgaria