Английская Википедия:Agiya Tree Monument

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An obelisk surrounded by people
The obelisk erected in place of the Agia Tree
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Agia tree monument

The Agia Tree Monument Agiya Tree Monument is on the site once occupied by the Agia Tree (Egun: Asisoe Tin) close to the Badagry Town Hall.[1] The Agiya tree was a Шаблон:Convert tree with a circumference of Шаблон:Convert.[2] Significantly remarkable for being the tree under which Christianity was first preached in Nigeria by Thomas Birch Freeman and Henry Townsend on September 24, 1842,[3][4] the tree lived for over 300 years until it was uprooted by a storm on June 20, 1959.[5]

In place of the tree, an obelisk was erected in 2012 in celebration of 170 years of Christianity in Nigeria.

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