The persimmon tree that survived
the atomic bombing of Nagasaki in San Giovanni Park in Trieste
marks the starting point of the journey for the Kaki Tree
Project association. After a stop in Piazza Unità d'Italia, the
group will stop in Gorizia. The initiative involves the planting
of several persimmons born from the surviving one from Nagasaki
in various Italian regions. The journey of the 'paccyclists', as
they define themselves, will continue in Chiusaforte (Udine) and
then proceed to Villach (Austria), where the first tree was
planted at the local civic museum last year.
They will continue to Radlje ob Dravi (Slovenia), Graz
(Austria), and Langenwang (Austria), arriving on August 9 - the
anniversary of the atomic bombing - in Vienna, where a persimmon
has been planted in the city park of Blumengärten Hirschstetten;
a second will be planted in the area facing the United Nations
building.
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