(ANSA) - ROME, NOV 19 - A 200-year-old fir tree that was one of the most beloved features of a Lake Garda town has been chopped down to be taken to Rome as the traditional St Peter's Christmas Tree despite a long and impassioned local protest.
    The fir in the Val di Ledro got the axe despite a series of torch-lit vigils aimed at "saving our fond Green Giant". (ANSA).