Mount Ingino Christmas Tree

Mount Ingino Christmas Tree

The Mount Ingino Christmas Tree is a lighting illumination in the shape of a Christmas tree that is installed annually on the slopes of Mount Ingino (Monte Ingino in Italian) outside the city of Gubbio, in Umbria region in Italy. The tree is also called the Gubbio Christmas Tree or the biggest Christmas tree in the world[1][2]. In 1991 the Guinness Book of Records named it "The World's Largest Christmas Tree".[3]

The tree is 650 m high and 350 m wide at its base and consists of 730 multi-colored lights and 8.5 kilometres of electrical cable, placed all the way up the slopes of Monte Ingino, which towers above the city. It can be seen from a distance of 50 kilometres away.

This tradition started when people of Gubbio decided to celebrate Christmas in a different way and in 1981 the first tree was illuminated. Since then the tradition is repeated annually on 7th December thanks to a special committee consisting of volunteers giving up their free time for about three months every year.

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External links

Official page of the Largest Christmas Tree in the World Committee


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