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Pizzelle are a typical Abruzzo sweet. Abruzzo's sweets are well-known: Confetti di Sulmona: [57] sugar-coated almonds from Sulmona; Torrone Nurzia: chocolate nougat from L'Aquila; Parrozzo: a cake-like treat made from crushed almonds and coated in chocolate; Pizzelle (also known as ferratelle): a waffle cookie, often flavored with anise [23]
Abruzzo (US: / ɑː ˈ b r uː t s oʊ, ə ˈ-/, [3] [4] UK: / æ ˈ b r ʊ t s oʊ /; [5] Italian:; Abruzzese Neapolitan: Abbrùzze [abˈbruttsə], Abbrìzze [abˈbrittsə] or Abbrèzze [abˈbrɛttsə]; Aquilano: Abbrùzzu), historically known as Abruzzi, is a region of Southern Italy with an area of 10,763 square km (4,156 sq mi) and a population of 1.3 million.
The Abruzzo region in central Italy. Abruzzo (historically pl.: Abruzzi) is an Italian wine region located in the mountainous central Italian region of Abruzzo, along the Adriatic Sea. It is bordered by the Molise wine region to the south, Marche to the north and Lazio to the west.
Little is known about Teramo in the early Middle Ages, after first destruction of the city in the year 410 by the Visigoths under Alaric I. The Ostrogoths ruled Interamnia 552–554 AD. Right after the Gothic War (6th century), the city became a Byzantine possession. Teramo was included in the Marchia Firmana, part of the Exarchate of Ravenna.
Licorice of Atri has been cultivated in Abruzzo since Roman times, and in the Middle Ages the friars already used it by extracting the juice; the region Abruzzo is after Calabria for licorice production. [4] Famous in Italy are the licorice trunks of the candy Tabù produced by the company R. De Rosa founded in 1836 in Atri in Abruzzo. [5]
Saffron fields in Navelli, Abruzzo, Italy. The soil is prepared in spring with a 'plowing at a depth of 30 cm, with the simultaneous fertilization through about 30 t / ha of manure, being then prohibited the use of any fertilizer during the vegetative cycle. The surface is subsequently refined and leveled and 2 or 4 grooves are prepared at a ...
Abruzzi e Molise between 1927 and 1963. Abruzzi e Molise (known as Abruzzi alone when part of the Kingdom of Two Sicilies) is a former region of Italy encompassing a total of 16,600 km 2 (6,400 sq mi) and corresponding to the territories of Abruzzo, Molise and (until 1927) the Cittaducale District [] (presently a part of Lazio).
Abruzzo's Gran Sasso d'Italia, the highest mountain in the Apennines, and the second-highest mountain in Italy outside the Alps Southern Italy forms the lower part of the Italian "boot", containing the ankle ( Campania ), the toe ( Calabria ), the arch ( Basilicata ), and the heel ( Apulia ), Molise (north of Apulia) and Abruzzo (north of ...