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==Cultural history== [[File:Plane Tree bark at Tayac, Dordogne.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Patterns in nature|Patterned]] bark of [[London plane]]]] Most significant aspects of cultural history apply to ''[[Platanus orientalis#Cultural history|Platanus orientalis]]'' in the Old World. The tree is an important part of the literary scenery of Plato's dialogue ''[[Phaedrus (dialogue)|Phaedrus]]''. Because of [[Plato]], the tree also played an important role in the scenery of Cicero's ''[[De Oratore]]''. The trees also provided the shade under which [[Aristotle]] and Plato's famed philosophical schools were held.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Walking, talking and showing off β a history of Roman gardens |url=https://theconversation.com/amp/walking-talking-and-showing-off-a-history-of-roman-gardens-138902 |last=Marzano|first=Annalisa|date=May 20, 2020|website=[[The Conversation (website)|The Conversation]]}}</ref> [[Handel]]'s opera ''[[Serse]]'' has a famous [[aria]], "[[Ombra mai fu]]", which the title character sings in praise of his favorite plane tree. The plane tree has been a frequent motif featured in [[Classical Chinese poetry]] as an embodiment of sorrowful sentiments due to its autumnal shedding of leaves.{{Citation needed|date=April 2024}} The legendary [[Dry Tree]] first recorded by [[Marco Polo]] was possibly a platanus. According to the legend, it marked the site of the battle between [[Alexander the Great]] and [[Darius III]]. The [[German World War II camouflage patterns|German camouflage pattern]] ''Platanenmuster'' ("plane tree pattern"), designed in 1937β1942 by Johann Georg Otto Schick, was the first dotted camouflage pattern.<ref name=Beaver>{{cite book |first1=Michael D. |last1=Beaver |first2=J. F. |last2=Borsarello |title=Camouflage Uniforms of the Waffen-SS |publisher=Schiffer |date=1995 |isbn=978-1-84176-854-0 |page=202}}</ref>
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