Recognitions
10 comuni that earned their recognition for something other than being pretty
Comuni whose designations are all about practice, not looks: slow governance, olive oil, wine, truffles, bread, honey, thermal waters. No beauty lists. 10 towns shown.
Table no. 31 · Ranked by recognitions · 10 towns
Not every certification is about looks. Cittaslow certifies pace, the Città del Vino and dell'Olio certify what the land produces, the truffle and bread and honey towns certify a working economy.
Every comune here holds at least two such recognitions and no beauty listing at all. They are on this site for what they do, not how they photograph.
- 1.Nicolosi5 recognitionsCatania · SicilyThe southern gateway to Etna at 698 meters, twice destroyed by the 1669 eruption.
- 2.Orvieto5 recognitionsTerni · Umbria
- 3.Gubbio5 recognitionsPerugia · UmbriaPre-Roman Ikuvium of the Umbri, where seven bronze tablets carry the longest text of the Umbrian language.
- 4.Viterbo5 recognitionsViterbo · Lazio
- 5.Trento5 recognitionsTrento · Trentino-Alto Adige/SüdtirolThe Alpine capital on the Adige at 194 metres, where the Council that reshaped the Catholic Church met in a castle still standing above the city.
- 6.Ofena4 recognitionsL'Aquila · AbruzzoA 531-meter Vestian basin called the Forno d'Abruzzo, where Montepulciano ripens on what may be the oldest of its slopes.
- 7.Lapio4 recognitionsAvellino · Campania
- 8.Corniglio4 recognitionsParma · Emilia-RomagnaA 690-meter Parma-Apennine commune inside the Tosco-Emiliano park, with a thirteenth-century Rossi castle and the Lagdei plateau above.
- 9.Cerchiara di Calabria4 recognitionsCosenza · CalabriaA village at 650 meters below a mountain rock sanctuary, with a sulphurous cave feeding the thermal springs beneath it.
- 10.Tocco da Casauria4 recognitionsPescara · AbruzzoA 356-meter hill town between the Pescara river and the Maiella, built around a Carolingian abbey and an herb liqueur called Centerba.
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