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An upside-down fig tree growing at Italy’s Terme di Baia archaeological park near Naples.

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-11894719/Pictured-bizarre-fig-tree-thats-growing-upside-ruins-ancient-Roman-town.html

 

(Thanks Roman Archaeology @RomanArchable for bringing this to our attention.)

 

 

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On 3/27/2023 at 7:11 AM, caldrail said:

 

Is someone pulling your leg? The foliage is quite luxuriant for a place in shadow. I smell photoshop.

 

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Too funny. For a moment, I thought you might be correct, but here is a great video discussing Baiae (the "Las Vegas of Rome") and the upside-down fig tree (see 9:20 of video).

 

 

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