It was given to the State of California by the Catalan government in 1988.
By 2013, some 650 municipalities had begun turning their taxes over to the Catalan government rather than to the federal government.
However in the past few years and following the payment of reparations by the Catalan government this situation has changed.
A president of the Catalan government was still designated, and operated symbolically in exile.
A partnership of two publishers along with the Catalan regional government itself took over in order to avoid imminent bankruptcy.
Financing is expected to come from foreign investors, and the project is backed by the Catalan government.
The Catalan government approved a €10.5 million loan plan in order to save it.
Both trees are registered as natural monuments by the Catalan government.
This tree is also protected by the Catalan government, since 1988, but was killed in a forest fire in 1998.
In 2004 the Catalan government gave him the George Cross.