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1570
Oldest vine in the world in Maribor
Žametovka or modra kavčina (Bleu de Cologne), confirmed at 400 years of age, is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the oldest vine in the world still producing fruit. The old vine was planted in Maribor at the end of the Middle Ages during the Turkish invasions.
450 years of the Old Vine in Maribor from 1570 until today.