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the city that taught the world cheese and ham deserve a passport
means Parma is a city in northern Italy's Emilia-Romagna region, famous for its cured ham (prosciutto di Parma) and hard cheese (Parmigiano-Reggiano, the 'Parmesan' the world copies).
from The name reaches back to antiquity: the Romans founded the colony as Parma, a word also used for a small round shield carried by their light troops. Whether the city was named for the shield's shape, for an earlier Etruscan or Ligurian word, or simply shares the sound by coincidence is uncertain — the connection is suggestive but not proven. What's certain is that the city's name later traveled the world on labels: 'Parmesan' is French for 'of Parma,' and 'parma' in Australian slang for a chicken schnitzel is a much later, affectionate borrowing of the same proud name.
- protected name
- true Parmigiano comes only from this zone, by law
- ham capital
- prosciutto di Parma cures for over a year
- opera blood
- conductor Toscanini was born here
- violet obsession
- the city's signature scent is parma violet
- gourmet crown
- named a UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy
parma fc — italian football club founded 1913, won coppa italia 5 times and uefa cup twice in the 1990s
parma ham — protected designation of origin cured ham from parma, italy, aged minimum 12 months
parmesan cheese — parmigiano-reggiano produced in parma region of italy, pdo since 1996