Palm Tree Studies in South Tyrol and BeyondA peculiar phenomenon of the Northern Italian city of Merano is its large population of palm trees. The majority of the Merano palm trees belong to the species Trachycarpus Fortunei, which was brought to Europe from East Asia in the 1830s. The first palms were planted in the city around 1880 when Merano was being transformed into a health resort and a tourist destination. With her artists book Palm Tree Studies in South Tyrol and Beyond, Nanna Debois