“He waited seven days, then he once again let the dove get out of the Ark , it came back to Noah towards evening; and there it had in its beak a fresh olive leaf”. Genesis 8-10

This is how our journey tracing the history of olive trees and olive oil begins; it starts from the place from which it comes, the Middle East, and ends in central Italy . This journey, through the oil routes in the regions of Marche Umbria and Lazio, not only allows us to discover an extraordinary landscape, shaped by man, on which mythical and majestic trees dominate but even leads us to discover the value of extra-virgin olive oil in our everyday life. Experts commentary tells us about olive-growing in central Italy , focusing on production, quality and the organolepitc properties of extra-virgin olive oil.