2017Neapolitan Pizza Added to UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List

The art of making Neapolitan pizza was added to UNESCO's lis...
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2017

🍕 First Appearance of the Term "Pizza"

The term "pizza" first appears "in a Latin text from the southern Italian town of Gaeta , which claims that a tenant of certain property is to give the bishop of Gaeta 'duodecim pizze' every Christmas Day, and another twelve every Easter Sunday".
First Appearance of the Term "Pizza" (997)
DishesPizzaMiddle AgesItalyGaetaFood Origins
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🍕 Neapolitan Pizza Added to UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List

The art of making Neapolitan pizza was added to UNESCO's list of intangible cultural heritage.
Neapolitan Pizza Added to UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List (2017)
Neapolitan PizzaUNESCOCultural HeritageItaly21st CenturyFood CulturePizza
ItalyItaly