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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nIts resistance to the weather can be seen in the stakes that help hold up its immense branches. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
There is no official version of the origin of the fig tree that is now a symbol of the island. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are suppositions that the tree may have come from the Botanical Garden of Rio de Janeiro along with the royal palms that still exist in the square next to the monument in honor of the people of Santa Catarina who died in the Paraguayan War. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Stories and Legends of Old Figueira<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The fig tree is believed to have sprung up in 1871 in a garden in front of the Mother Church, which is now the Metropolitan Cathedral. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In February 1891, the tree was transplanted to its current location, possibly to enlarge the staircase leading up to the Cathedral. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
There is also a popular version which says that the fig tree was removed because it obstructed the view of a provincial president who was courting a lady on the other side of the square. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is not known for sure why it was moved to the square. But there are reports that the beliefs of the time were that if a tree was cut down, the witches who lived in it could put a curse on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to local folklore, the fig tree is considered a mystical and wish-granting tree. <\/p>\n\n\n\n To activate it, simply turn the tree clockwise, as follows: <\/p>\n\n\n\n When visitors meet it for the first time, they have to walk around it three times, holding hands, in an anti-clockwise direction, to bring good luck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And if none of this works out, the person has to drink tea from the leaf of the tree. Then there are the steps to get out of a bad relationship, which people are not sure how to detail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The tradition related to the fig tree is said to have arisen during the replanting of the tree in the square, which took place during a wedding day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The priest is said to have said that those who passed by the fig tree would soon get married, giving rise to the famous legend of the fig tree as a matchmaker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Although many associate the fig tree in Pra\u00e7a XV with the name of the Figueirense soccer team, the club's name is actually a reference to Bairro da Figueira, which is now part of the city center and used to be near the Rita Maria terminal. .<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is where many of the meetings that gave rise to the team took place and there was a fig tree there. The fig tree that gave rise to the name of the neighborhood and the team no longer exists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.likefloripa.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/FigueiraCid-Junckes.jpg\")
Wishing Tree<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The fig tree and the fig tree<\/h2>\n\n\n\n