The Eminescu linden tree is a 500-year-old mandarin linden tree located in Kubo Park in Iai. The poet Mihai Eminescu has reportedly written some of his best works under this tree, making it one of the most important natural landmarks in the world. Iai and in Romania as a whole, the tree was also used as a civic symbol by students who protested in February 2013 the removal of the linden tree from the city center and its replacement by the local municipality with Japanese miniature bushes, and in November 2015, the decision was overturned after a public referendum on the subject, resulting in To return the tree to its place.