The Pomegranate

The fruit of the Pomegranate tree has been a symbol of wealth and prosperity since ancient times.

In iconography, the pomegranate makes its first appearances in the 4th millennium BC

in Mesopotamia, and then subsequently spread to Greece and throughout the world. Due to the color of the numerous seeds, a brilliant translucent red, enclosed in a robust casing, the fruit immediately struck the human imagination as a precious prodigy of nature. The fruit became loved by many cultures such as Jewish, Greek, Babylonian, Arab and Christian. In the Christian tradition the fruit represents the life given to humanity and therefore motherhood.

Being a plant capable of living even in semi-desert environments, its symbolic meaning becomes stronger, in fact it represents the ability to give one's best despite adversity.

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Its numerous fruits contained inside represent fertility and is often associated as a symbol of marriage. In Sicily this fruit has spread more in the areas of Trapani, Agrigento, Ragusa and Catania, being particularly suitable for cultivation. Represented in numerous iconographies and paintings, it is very dear to tradition, similar to the Sicilian pine cone, whose symbolic meaning is similar but not the same.