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This Spice Began To Be Used To Color And For Foods
Now considered one of the homelands of Saffron, you can visit his crops and the ancient crafts of textile coloration, moreover, in the village you can visit one of the oldest wineries in the area: those of the Duke of Corgna, where you can make wine tastings and typical products.
This spice, unique and heady aroma, was widespread among ancient peoples and was usually used to color clothes, perfumes and ointments, and to prepare for dyeing cloths of Egyptian mummies. The first production in Umbria since the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, when, at Castel della Pieve (dellaPieve City), and in Valnerina Cascia, began to be used to color and flavor to foods. In the seventeenth century instead of participating in a gradual abandonment of the crop that only a few years it was possible to record a renewed interest in its cultivation.
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