The Elegant Trees of Italy

Saint Francis of Assisi has been declared the Patron Saint of animals and the natural environment. Saint Francis found divinity in nature and established a Sacred Forest, the Forest Monumental de La Verna, which is preserved to this day by Franciscan Friars. Some of these Trees were photographed in the sacred forest of Saint Francis of Assisi.  

Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice;
let the sea roar and all that fills it;
let the field exult, and everything in it.
Then let all the trees of the forest sing for joy
before the Lord

- Psalm 96, 11 - 13a