PARMA UNESCO CREATIVE CITY OF GASTRONOMY: THE AWARD

The "Parma City of Gastronomy" award, a print depicting the layout of the city of Parma and the official cockade, aims to recognize the best creative expressions of gastronomic culture, combining excellence in tradition, creativity and food culture. The award was designed as a reference point for gastronomy and for all those who approach it [...]

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PARMA UNESCO FOOD CITY

Parma is the first Italian city designated UNESCO Creative City for Gastronomy: the official designation was announced Friday, December 11th, 2015 by Irina Bokova, UNESCO Director-General. An important event for the Made in Italy: with Parma, the Italian cultural and agro-food model became part of the Creative Cities Network. Parma has always been a food [...]

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Perché Unesco

WHY UNESCO

The UNESCO Creative Cities Network was founded in 2004 to bring together cities where creativity is the strategic factor for sustainable development. The Network is divided into 7 different creative fields - Crafts and Folk Arts, Media Arts, Film, Design, Literature, Music and Gastronomy - and has 180 cities from 72 countries. In the world, [...]

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