Monumental tree Arbre de la Llibertat de Llançà

Coordinates: 42.3632524350, 3.1520170230 (map)

The sycamore tree in the centre of the Plaça Major square in Llançà is one of the monumental trees of Catalonia that are protected heritage sites due to their history and/or size.

Many peoples throughout the centuries have considered sycamores sacred. After the French Revolution, a sycamore became also a symbol of freedom — the sycamores in Llançà and Arbucies are called Liberty Trees for this reason. At the end of the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), a group of Frankist soldiers wanted to cut down the Llançà tree to mark the defeat of liberal ideas but were stopped by their chaplain.

The height of the Llançà sycamore is 11.5 m; the trunk circumference is 3.48 m; an average diameter of the crown is 12.5 m.