Kultivierung
The Romans introduced the olive to Spain.
They planted olive trees all over the vast area north of the
river Guadalquivir, nowadays the territory of the provinces
of Jaén, Córdoba and Sevilla. After pressing, the oil was
transported over the river to the sea and from there on to
Rome. The Moors extended the cultivation of the olive to almost
all of the peninsula. They called the oil az-zait,
which means 'juice of the olive'. In Spanish, the olive tree
is called olivo, after the Latin word, but the fruit
is still called aceituna, after its Moorish name.
The cultivation of olives reached its peak
in Spain in the early 16th century. But even today, the country
is still the world's leading olive oil producer. Eleven percent
of all cultivated land in Spain is used for olive cultivation.
Andalucia produces one fifth of all olive oil in the world.
Over 600,000 earn a living in this 'industry'.
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