Beethovenův platan, Remarkable plane tree in Malá Strana, Czech Republic
Beethoven's plane tree is a London plane (a cross of the oriental and western planes) standing as a solitary tree in the garden of the Grand Priory Palace in Malá Strana. In 2013 its trunk had a circumference of 752 cm, its crown measured 38 m across in 2004, and its height was 33 m in 2011.
The tree was planted around 1810 during the baroque reconstruction of the Grand Priory Palace. Beethoven visited the palace garden in 1796 during his time in Prague, lending the tree its historical name.
The plane tree stands in the garden of the Grand Priory Palace of the Knights of Malta, now part of the Artisème modern design gallery. The garden's perimeter wall is known as the Lennon Wall. Concerts were once held beneath the tree.
The tree stands in the garden of the Velkopřevorský Palace, which is open to the public as part of the Artisème modern design gallery. Entry is through the palace grounds in Malá Strana, and the garden wall is the one known as Lennon's Wall.
The plane tree is a hybrid of the oriental and western planes, a cross that first appeared in London around 1700, so it cannot predate that. Its trunk circumference grew from 670 cm in 1996 to 752 cm in 2013, and its crown spans 38 m.
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