Parco Nazionale del Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga

History This special apple is not found in the usual commercial channels, there are few specimens that were identified and registered in the late 90s. This apple was reported by the major American economic newspaper, The Wall Street Journal in 2006, as...

History Chestnut tree growing and chestnut gathering were widespread practices already in the 13th century.

  The History By "wild berries" it is meant a group of fruits growing in the same environment, that is in the undergrowth or, more generically, in the wild vegetation, even if it is often possible to find cultivated berries.   

History Heated wine is a characteristic product of Abruzzi. The most ancient written document mentioning "heated wine" in Abruzzi dates back to the early 19th century, but it is likely that this tradition has been handed down over the centuries from generation...

History The production of liquor has ancient origins. In the past, liquors played an essential role: they were used to confirm commercial agreements or the stipulation of notary and legal deeds at the end of the negotiations, toasting with the formula...

History The use of honey by man has millenary roots. A foodstuff with a high energetic content, this sweetener has been often used as a natural preservative. Man has gradually learned and improved the art of bee-keeping, exploiting the pollinating ability...

The 30% of the Abruzzi's territory is protected by a complex system of Parks and Nature Reserves. Many beekeepers on the Apennine, trough nomadism, often move their apiaries from one protected area to the other. Thanks to the low-environmental-impact ...

History The quality of oil reflects the unique features of the production area and the skills of olive growers looking after their trees according to traditions handed down from generation to generation. The first evidences of the olive growing vocation...

The History The first traces of olive cultivation date back to the Roman domination, when they encouraged the growth of this activity and of the olive oil production, which led to the birth of many trapetum. With the arrival of the Benedictine monks to...

History The quality of oil reflects the unique features of its production area and the skills of the olive growers looking after their trees according to traditions handed down from generation to generation. The first evidences of the olive growing vocation...

History The cultivation of the common bean in the Province of L'Aquila is already documented since the early 20th century. The past cultivation method of this bean was characterized by the intermixed crop with corn, working as tutor of the bean.

The bean cultivation in the area of Paganica, a village belonging to the municipality of L'Aquila, is proud of a centuries-old tradition thanks to the fresh and deep soils of alluvial nature and to the presence of water courses fed by many springs...

History Already during the Roman period, the vegetable gardens in the surroundings of Amiternum were known in Rome for different products, among which the onion called amiternina.

History Chickling is a leguminous plant coming from the Mediterranean basin. Its use is documented in the 17th century soup recipes. This leguminous plant, once cultivated in every family vegetable garden, has undergone a fast reduction, although recently,...

The history The chickpea Cicer arietinum L. is one of the most ancient and mostly used legumes. The areas where the chickpea cultivation is mainly entrenched are the territories around Camarda and Castelvecchio Calvisio near L'Aquila. Here there are...

History The presence of the cultivation of beans in the whole territory of the Park has always represented, for the mountain populations, a source of sustenance and income, especially in the places overlooking the waterways. The characteristic of cultivation...

The History The cultivation of the lentils "Lens culinaris Medik" in the Abruzzi is only residual. In the Gran Sasso's southern area, at an altitude between 1,000 and 1,600 meters between the towns of Castel del Monte, Castelvecchio Calvisio, Barisciano,...