{"id":4174,"date":"2022-05-06T08:20:12","date_gmt":"2022-05-06T08:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/castelodesaojorge.pt\/castle\/space-and-landscape\/biodiversity\/flora\/"},"modified":"2022-12-11T02:41:53","modified_gmt":"2022-12-11T02:41:53","slug":"flora","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/castelodesaojorge.pt\/en\/castle\/space-and-landscape\/biodiversity\/flora\/","title":{"rendered":"Flora"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Did the castles of the past have as many trees inside and around them as they do today? No, because if they had, an attacking enemy would have been able to conquer the fortress much more easily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/castelodesaojorge.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/DJI_0031-e1655520344498-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-295\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The planting of trees only took place at Castelo de S. 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