Aldeias Históricas de Portugal

Villages

Lime tree

Trancoso

Trancoso

Majestic silver lime (Tilia tomentosa Moenchen) that rises by itself in the churchyard of the Igreja de Santa Maria de Guimarães has a great effect on the landscape. In 2015, it was 22m high, 4m in circumference at the base and its crown was around 22.5 m in diameter. It was 111 years old. Classified as a Tree of Public Interest in 2004.