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13ish years ago I was in this picture in Santiago...

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Rebekah is correct. The tree is a magnificent gum.
 
The church over your left shoulder with a round dome is the Iglesia de San Fructuoso:

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Is Alameda Park the one that you pass when you walk into Santiago from Monte de Gozo. It is by the University correct?
 
Is Alameda Park the one that you pass when you walk into Santiago from Monte de Gozo. It is by the University correct?
No, it's not (unless you walk in by a very indirect route). If you follow the yellow arrows you don't pass a park on the way to the Praza do Obradoiro. Oh! There is a bit of green and a few trees and tennis courts around Praza de Sofía. There is quite a bit of greenery around the University area, but you wouldn't go near there if you were following the yellow arrows. You would pass by the Alameda if you were walking the Camino Portugués.
 
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No, it's not (unless you walk in by a very indirect route). If you follow the yellow arrows you don't pass a park on the way to the Praza do Obradoiro. Oh! There is a bit of green and a few trees and tennis courts around Praza de Sofía. There is quite a bit of greenery around the University area, but you wouldn't go near there if you were following the yellow arrows.
Maybe I should not be lazy and look at google maps haha
 
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Long before I knew anything about the Camino, I visited Santiago with my wife as part of a multi-week Spain trip. She snapped this photo of me. Does anyone know where this was taken in Santiago? I figure it's probably easily identifiable by someone.
I am pretty sure this picture was taken in

Carballeira De Santa Susana park.​

 
Gum = eucaliptus ? I didn't know.
Now the Xunta is limiting the gum plantations in Galicia.
Correct - this is a magnificent Blue Gum specimen (Eucalyptus globulus) - see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucalyptus_globulus.

Blue Gums were planted extensively across northern Spain and adjoining areas of Portugal some 30 or 40 years ago, presumably for their hardwood timber value (saw logs, chip wood or poles). Blue gums are fast growing, and produce long straight-grained sawlogs suitable for flooring, framing timber and furniture.

What was probably not appreciated at the time was the increased fire risk that eucalypt plantations bring - a consequence ot the increased timber production, the fallen bark and leaves providing fuel at the ground, and the highly flammable eucalyptus oil in the leaves. We in Australia are accustomed to the risk and manage it with varying degrees of success. I recall severe forest fires in northen pain and Portugal in 2017 and 2018 (and no doubt many years) with some deaths.

As with any 'foreign' monoculture, this comes at a cost to the local environment, and it is up to the sociery of the day (and their government) to make choices on environmental and heritage protection, public safety, and jobs and economic activity.
 
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Correct - this is a magnificent Blue Gum specimen (Eucalyptus globulus) - see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucalyptus_globulus.

Blue Gums were planted extensively across northern Spain and adjoining areas of Portugal some 30 or 40 years ago, presumably for their hardwood timber value (saw logs, chip wood or poles). Blue gums are fast growing, and produce long straight-grained sawlogs suitable for flooring, framing timber and furniture.

What was probably not appreciated at the time was the increased fire risk that eucalypt plantations bring - a consequence ot the increased timber production, the fallen bark and leaves providing fuel at the ground, and the highly flammable eucalyptus oil in the leaves. We in Australia are accustomed to the risk and manage it with varying degrees of success. I recall severe forest fires in northen pain and Portugal in 2017 and 2018 (and no doubt many years) with some deaths.

As with any 'foreign' monoculture, this comes at a cost to the local environment, and it is up to the sociery of the day (and their government) to make choices on environmental and heritage protection, public safety, and jobs and economic activity.
Since 10 years ago, in Galicia 90% of the eucalytus plantations are nitens that have more productivity and plague resistance than globulus.
I think that almost everthing goes for paper pulp and the company ENCE is the only final buyer.
The Xunta laws to reduce eucalytus plantations in Galicia are necessary, in my opinion , for its negative enviroment impact but the consequence is that many fields now are worth less than a half than before.
 
Since 10 years ago, in Galicia 90% of the eucalytus plantations are nitens that have more productivity and plague resistance than globulus.
I think that almost everthing goes for paper pulp and the company ENCE is the only final buyer.
The Xunta laws to reduce eucalytus plantations in Galicia are necessary, in my opinion , for its negative enviroment impact but the consequence is that many fields now are worth less than a half than before.
Thank you -- I stand corrected.

We know Eucalyptus nitens as Shining Gum or Silvertop - likely to be able to grow well is slightly drier environments than Blue Gum, but has similar growth habit, timber production and fire hazard.
 

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