Tarquinia. Roman Artichoke

Tarquinia is an area for growth of ​​the type Roman Artichokes DOP.

According to tradition, the Etruscans introduced the cultivation of the artichoke in the territory of Tarquinia and it was reintroduced in the early 1900s.

In 1930 it was on display in the first exhibition of Tarquinia vegetables and, in 1933, 13,000 were brought


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Benedicta Lee

Born in Rome from an Italian mother and American father, she works as a freelance communications manager and designer in the tourism sector, a career and interest which she is pursuing with a...

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