Abruzzo News: 19 September 1999

19 September/settembre 1999
MESSAGGERO - CUNEO Cheese 1999 - Abruzzo triumphs at milk and cheese exhibition /L'Abruzzo trionfa alla rassegna di latte e formaggi
In Bra, province of Cuneo an exhibition of the best cheese in the world. yesterday Abruzzese cheese producers prepared a dinner at the Castello di Barolo with the title "Cheese in traditional Abruzzese cuisine". Among the cooks La Posta di Poggio Picenze, the Lumaca di Pescara, the Locanda della tradizione di Corropoli, La Boianese and Di Simplicio, Villa Maiella, Zenobi from Colonnella, La Conca from Masse d'Albe and Antichi sapori from Mosciano.
19 September/settembre 1999
MESSAGGERO - The Department of Culture informs: the Park will be included among the Unesco protected sectors / Dal ministero «Parco iscritto al patrimonio dell'Unesco»
The Parco nazionale d'Abruzzo, like the historical centres of Assisi and Verona and the Basilica di San Francesco has been included in the Unesco list of mankind's treasures. This means also funds will be granted for its safeguard. In the Park there are two animals that cannot be found anywhere else in the world: the Abruzzese chamois and Marsian brown bear.

19 September/settembre 1999
MESSAGGERO - Pratola - For «Columbus day» parade standards requested / Per la sfilata chiesti i gonfaloni by Mauro Cianfaglione
Will the standards of the Region, Province and Municipality appear this 12 October in New York? Mario Casasanta, the President of the Pratolani nel mondo, hopes so. He asked Regional counsellor Gian Vincenzo D'Andrea, Province President Palmiero Susi and Pratola mayor, Corrado Di Bacco. This will be the first time and a great success for thousands of Italian American.

19 September/settembre 1999
IL CENTRO - Nobel Prize Saramago in Penne to meet the students / Il Nobel Saramago a Penne - Lo scrittore martedì in città - Incontrerà anche gli studenti by Gilberto Petrucci
On 28 september Josè Saramago will attend in Penne a cultural meeting. The first Portuguese writer to be awarded a Nobel prize, Saramago was invited by the Premio Penne committee, and is now busy in East Timor (Indonesia) in search of a peace agreement. Also Cnn will attend. Saramago will receive a silver medal and the first copy of a serigraphy by artist Mario Costantini.