05/03/2007 - Hilarious Black Norcia
Hilarious "BLACK NORCIA"
DEDICATED TO THE TRUFFLE FESTIVAL CLOSES WITH LARGE NUMBERS
Accomplice definitely good weather, with temperatures from late spring, the show "NeroNorcia" dedicated to the beauty of truffles has closed its 44th edition. So many people arrived in the city of St. Benedict is the first and second weekends in the past, perhaps they had never seen before.
More than three hundred campers parked outside the city walls, and cars that have created thousands of kilometers along the highway snakes Valnerina, already from the gallery of the Forca di Cerro, and along the road in the direction of Ascoli Piceno.
Great so the satisfaction of the Municipal Administration but also the many Exhibitors attending the six days (over 120), the business and hospitality and catering industry who have had many difficulties to accommodate all the requests of visitors. About 40 thousand visitors Only those registered in the last three days.
A real record that stands alongside that of the turnover of the entrepreneurs. The turnover of Exhibitors grew by 60% compared to last year and are definitely doubled the receipts of the accommodation. And why had dell'impennata explanations event is not only in favorable weather conditions but also and especially in the increase of quality and products present at the festival, which has made an authentic Norcia temple of taste and made of typical in Italy.
Who has visited the Exhibition, in fact, has not only found the excellent local (truffles, cheeses, lentils and pork butchery products) but also particular tastes and certified heritage of culture and tradition of other Italian cities. The best proposals came from "Tastes of the City", the National Association which is headed by Norcia and currently employs more than 120 member municipalities, to present "Norcia Black" is the organization of meetings-tasting Palace Battle - all very crowded, and appreciated - both in 'real exposure along the main streets and adjacent to the main square.
An example of all that testifies to the high approval rating for this kind of offering food and wine, where the pair is inseparable knowledge and taste, is the stand of Altamura which has sold more than 9 tons of bread PGI. "We must focus primarily on quality and not worry about the price," said economist Renato Brunetta, who arrived yesterday in Norcia, who presided at the workshop organized by the "City of Flavors": "The road you have taken, associations - has continued - is the right one, one that will allow you to stand out and to fight the global market. Who has such a network of 'Flavours of the City' - has pointed out - has a treasure, and who has a network that is interwoven with other networks is a treasure to the square. "
Reassuring and encouraging the many mayors and representatives of the Italian cities attended the meeting, Hon has also offered his support at the European Parliament for all the initiatives that the association wants to promote from here on out. "I will be your lobbyist Free in Brussels, "he said repeatedly.
Very important initiative that the Association has just developed in collaboration with CIDEC, the Italian Confederation of Merchants Merchants, is definitely the "Exhibition of local identity - the exhibition of local products and cultural tourism", presented at the workshop with the Mayor and President of Norcia Town Tastes Nicola Alemanno, the Secretary of the Association and the President of the Happy Vertullo CIDEC Augustine Goldin. "The project, which combines three fundamental pillars for the development of an area such as tourism, its cultural heritage and its authentic products - explained Vertullo - aims to set up in 100 Italian squares, but also in European capitals to set up a small business center an exhibition of local products and tourism linked to cultural food, workshops, works told by people at the turn of the daily life, food, art, culture and science. The exhibition also provides a space for the Italian cultural heritage protected by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site and has been designed to accommodate 4 historical themes: Food centuries (exhibition of authentic products of civilization), His Majesty the Wine (exposure mugs, water bottles, flasks, ..) Customs and Traditions Popular (works that testify to the genesis and evolution of costumes and tools), I join Emotions (3D multimedia carousel of the most representative works of human creative ingenuity; Cultural tourism workshops (meetings Operating between mayors, tour operators, buyers and institutions). "