4-589: Caesarsboom ( Caesar's Tree ) is a very old tree whose precise age is unknown but is believed to be over 2000 years in age. The ancient tree grows in Lo , a town in Lo-Reninge , a municipality of the province of West-Vlaanderen of Belgium . Its species is Taxus baccata , common name European Yew . The tree is designated a national monument of Belgium. According to a long-held local legend , Julius Caesar stopped at this tree during his military campaign in
8-657: Is a place in the Belgian province of West Flanders in Belgium and a borough of the municipality Lo-Reninge . Lo is a small medieval town and the community Lo-Reninge of which it is a part obtained the city title in 1985. The Old Town Hall of Lo , built between 1565-1566, and its belfry were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1999 as part of the Belfries of Belgium and France site. Lo
12-427: The area en route to Britannia in 55 BC, tied his horse to it, and took a nap in the shadow of its foliage . According to one source, although the road passing by the tree might date from the era of Imperial Rome , it is not likely that Julius Caesar came to this area. The tree grows beside the last extant city gate , of four medieval arches built in the 14th century (and restored both in 1852 and 1991); at
16-408: The time the town was less than 400 meters in diameter. Caesarsboom stands adjacent to a house called " Het Damberd " ("The Draught-board House") which written sources from 1499 show once housed the oldest of the four breweries which used to exist in the town of Lo. 50°58′49″N 2°44′44″E / 50.98028°N 2.74554°E / 50.98028; 2.74554 Lo, Belgium Lo
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