Parco Nazionale del Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga

History The Municipality of Capitignano (Province of L'Aquila) is historically linked to this legume. A recent research activity on the DNA of this legume has given the opportunity to catalog this particular variety among the genetically "rare" varieties....

The History The Zea Mays L. corn could spread only after the unlucky famine occurred in 1764 which led the population to diversify cultivations. The corn flour is mainly used to prepare the polenta in winter. It is cultivated at an altitude of about...

History The cultivation of barley began during the Neolithic Age in the Near East. The most ancient evidences date back to 10,000 BC. In 5,000 BC it had already spread in Central Europe. The ancient practice to administer it to the sick persons for its...

History The first evidences of the cultivation of corn in the areas belonging today to the National Park territory date back to the first decades of the 18th century. The cultivation of this species, coming from South America, spread and became rooted...

History The presence of this kind of wheat in Abruzzi is documented at least since the year 1537 by a notary deed regarding the territory of Torino di Sangro (CH); it was used for the production of bread and pasta.

History Saragolla is a cereal, ancestor of the modern durum wheat. It was introduced in Abruzzi in 400 AD by the protobulgarian people Altzec, coming from Egypt. The name is formed by the words SARGA = yellow and GOLYO = seed, literally "yellow seed"....

History Thanks to its production potentiality also in difficult and marginal environments, in Abruzzi and in the current area of Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park spelt is cultivated since ancient times for family consumption in small plots,...