Salad with figs, mozzarella and arugula

We used to know figs exclusively as dried fruit. Now fresh figs are sold both in supermarkets and in markets, it can be found on the menus of restaurants and cafes, it is delicious in a variety of dishes, ranging from snacks to desserts.
Fig is a subtropical deciduous ficus. Fig tree (aka fig tree or fig tree) has a spreading crown with large carved leaves. This tree is a long-lived tree, it can bear fruit for up to 200 years.
Another name for the fig tree is fig tree. The fig tree has been known to man since ancient times. According to the biblical story, Adam and Eve covered their nakedness with fig leaves, and the founders of Rome, Romulus and Remus, were suckled by a she-wolf under a fig tree. In ancient India, figs were considered the tree of knowledge, under the shadow of which the truth was revealed to the Buddha. Figs were first cultivated in the fertile part of Southern Arabia, and later spread to Judea, Syria and the Mediterranean. In ancient Greece, it appeared about a thousand years before our era and was considered a symbol of fertility. At festivals in honor of Dionysus, a basket with figs was always placed near the vessel with wine.