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Ninety seconds on Old Olive Tree of Mirovica
Twenty minutes is enough here, best on the way to or from Stari Bar rather than as a trip of its own. Go for the trunk, scarred by fire and broken by age.
One tree stands in a small park, with a ticket office and an olive shop by the entrance. The trunk is knotted and sculptural, and it has survived two fires, one of them started by gatherings held inside it. A large section broke off and spent several years on show in the museum at King Nikola's palace in town before it was put back.
Seven more olives, each several centuries old, stand around it. A certificate of the tree's estimated age is on display, and the shop sells souvenirs made with its olives.
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