Emblem of our region, painters draw their inspiration from this tree whose uses are innumerable. The exhibition presents through panels and photographs, the origins of this tree, its symbolism, its culinary uses, its health benefits and the smétiers of the oil industry. Finally it allows thanks to some objects to discover the heritage linked to this mythical tree.
Proposed by the Departmental Loan Library, the associations of CAPAV and ACOPA, the Municipal Archives of Châteauneuf-les-Martigues and the loan of private individuals.