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  Mulberry germplasm resources in Italy
alba was introduced in Italy with sericulture, and thus between the ninth and the twelfth centuries.
alba was determined by its link with sericulture, which made the cultivation of mulberry not only relevant, but also generalized in the territory of the Italian peninsula and in a few other European countries (Greece, France and Spain).
In Italy, the most important germplasm collection of the Morus genus is at the Sericulture Section of the Livestock Experimental Institute, Padova (Sezione Specializzata per la Bachicoltura de Padova, Istituto).
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 Italy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Italy is surrounded by seas on both sides: the Ligurian, Tyrrhenian, and Mediterranean on its western shores and the Adriatic on the east.
Northern Italy is composed of eight regions and is considered the most prosperous, likely due to its heavy industrial trade (a strong car manufacturing center in Turin, a finance and fashion capitol in Milan) and its tourism (which boasts excellent Alpine skiing in Valle d'Aosta and year-round balmy weather on the Italian Riviera in Liguria).
Travelers to this area of Italy, known as the Mezzogiorno to the natives, are generally unprepared for the stark beauty of this mainly agricultural land.
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 Truffles of Alba, Italy
Truffle of Alba is baptized with the name from the ancient city of Alba Pompeia, which was also the birthplace of roman emperor Pertinax.
Truffle of Alba is preferred not to be cooked rather adding them to the dish at the end of the cooking.
One of the highest expressions in the Italian cuisine truffles of Alba are known for their enticing, intense and aphrodisiac scents and flavors and long being appreciated by the Sumerians, Greek and Romans.
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 Mail Tribune News
Alba is clearly the elder sister, with a history that predates the Romans -- even the Etruscans -- and municipal records that go back to the 12th century.
Alba residents were instrumental in the unification of Italy and made their mark on education in Italy.
Alba is a hub city in the popular Piemonte ("foot of the mountains") Region of northern Italy.
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 Alba, Italy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Coordinates: 44°43′N 08°05′E Alba is town of Piedmont, Italy, in the province of Cuneo.
Alba was the birthplace of Publius Helvius Pertinax, who was the shortest reigning Roman emperor.
Alba won a Gold Medal for Military Valour for the heroic activity of its citizens as partisans, in the course of World War II.
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 Seeing Italy at a snail's pace - Los Angeles Times
As charming as this is, you don't visit Alba and the surrounding wine country strictly for the museums or the monuments.
Alba, population 30,000, is the economic hub of the Roero and Langhe winegrowing districts, which lie north and south of the Tanaro River, and they are known for big red Barolo and Barbaresco wines.
Then we drove to the center of Alba and hit the historic, high-end Pio Cesare winery, whose barrel-vaulted cellars are built on Roman foundations.
www.latimes.com /travel/la-tr-preturin12feb12,0,1668302.story   (803 words)

  
 Delicious Italy - Alba, truffles and white truffle festival   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
October is truffle month in Alba and the festival celebrating the famous 'tartufo bianco' is a massive affair.
Alba is also home of the Associazione Nazionale 'Città del Tartufo' which was formed in 1990.
Nevertheless, Alba is now the main market for both the truffle output of Piemonte and a large part of Italy e.g.
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 Alba Apartment - holiday apartment in ALBA ADRIATICA, Italy
Alba Adriatica is called "Silver Beach" due to its 3km of very fine sandy beaches.
It has a "Blue Flag of Europe" and is one of the most well-known and established resorts in the Abruzzo region.
The sea in Alba Adriatica is ideal for those who want gently shelving sea beds and clear water that is among the cleanest in the Adriatic sea.
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 Alba, Italy Car Rental Guide from Auto Europe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The city of Alba is surrounded by the kind of castles that one normally associates with fairy tales.
Alba is a town rich in history, with a population of approximately 30,000.
October is the month of the truffle in Alba, and there is a festival celebrating this, which is a massive affair.
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 PDXGuide.com - food & drink
It's a long and winding road to Alba Osteria and Enoteca, but losing your way on Portland's west side in search of vibrant Northern Italian food is worth the frustration.
In Italy, Alba is a town in the Piedmont known for its prized white truffles, and "enoteca" is Italian for wine bar.
Spak fell in love with Northern Italy and its wines, fell for the food, returned several times, worked as a cook in the Piedmont in 1999, and came back to Portland to cook at Capriel's at the height of that bistro's recognition in the Sellwood neighborhood.
www.pdxguide.com /lifestyles/restaurantReviews/alba.cfm   (961 words)

  
 Hotels, B&B, Farm Holiday, Apartments in alba Italy
Few kilometres from Alba and Asti there is an ideal place for the people who love a place rich in tradition and with a relaxing atmosphere.
Castiglione hotel is an old house completely restored respecting the ancient structure placed in the centre of the town.
Early-1900's hillside Liberty style Villa on the outskirts of Alba, just a kilometre from the old town centre, trasformed today into elegant country holiday accomodation.
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 Delicious Italy - Alba in Piemonte
Alba has traditionally acted as a gate to the Langhe mountains and a passage to Liguria and is in fact capital of the zone known as Langhe.
To avoid confusion, be aware that a number of towns in the lower Langa share 'Alba' in their names.
Diano d'Alba was always a rival to Alba for control of the River Tanaro.
www.deliciousitaly.com /Piemontetour15.htm   (272 words)

  
 BIKE STAY... PIEDMONT ... Alba .. ITALY - Motorcycle Friendly Accommodation in Europe,www.bike-stay.net
Early-1900's hillside, liberty-style villa on the outskirts of Alba, justa a kilometre from the old town centre, trasformed today into elegant country holiday accomodation.
Nel 2001 ho deciso di ristrutturare questa elegante residenza in style liberty, costruita negli anni '20, per trasformarla in un accogliente e raffinato agriturismo.
Questa antica residenza si trova in collina a solo un chilometro dal centro storico di Alba, immersa nella splendida cornice delle Langhe.
www.hartside.com /bike-stay/italy/accom/alba.html   (215 words)

  
 Saint Mary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
In 2004, the residency shifted to Alba (also in the Piemonte region), a move that coincided with the initiation of the International Alba Music Festival.
Alba is the capital of the Italian wine industry.
Alba has two concert halls, five major churches (which are wonderful performance venues), several pedestrian/shopping districts, and, since Roman times, has been considered, even in Italy, a place of extraordinarily fine cuisine (Alba is where Italy's finest truffles are harvested).
www.smcm.edu /aldiv/music/alba.htm   (361 words)

  
 Truffle Hunting in Alba, Italy:
Using his fingers to gingerly explore further, Giovanni delicately removed his treasure: a large walnut-sized white truffle, one of the Epicurean riches of Alba, a gem of a city in the Piedmont region of northwest Italy.
Thus white truffles are the prima donna of culinary accoutrements, and Alba the French Riviera of white truffles.
In Alba, that's not a concern, for the other digestible, which the city is famous.
www.travelworldmagazine.com /contributors/detail.php?ArticleID=862   (1170 words)

  
 Alba Hotel Pescara, Italy - Alba Hotel Group Booking Reservation Meetings Meeting Planning Weddings Wedding ...
The Alba Hotel is the perfect place to hold a corporate event such as; team building, sales meetings, board of director meetings, or just corporate hospitality.
Weddings at the Alba Hotel with their facilities, guest rooms and experienced wedding and group management staff, are magnificent.
A Alba Hotel wedding reception is a party where guests come to celebrate the marriage of the bride and groom.
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 Alba (Piedmont, Italy)
Il Gonfalone del Comune di Alba è costituito da drappo in velluto color porpora di un metro per due.
The Republic of Alba was proclaimed on 25 April 1796.
A republic of Alba in Alba city (Piedmont) existed from 10 Octuber to 2 November 1944 according to <
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 Alba (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alba, a planet in the fictional universe of Star Wars.
In Britain: Alba is a common name for the country of Scotland in Scottish Gaelic and other Goidelic languages, derived from a Goidelic word which referred originally to the whole of Great Britain.
Alba de Tormes, Castile-Leon (Origin of the Castilian noble House of Alba) and Alba de Yeltes
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 Camping Village Alba d'Oro Italy
The Camping Village Alba d'Oro covers an area of 70,000m sq directly overlooking the Laguna of Venice.
There is a convenient shuttle service, which connects the campsite with the centre of the city in only 15 minutes.
Camping Village Alba d'Oro is an ideal starting point for visiting the city of Venice and its laguna.
www.camping.it /english/veneto/albadoro   (263 words)

  
 Alba Hotel in Florence, Italy
The Alba Hotel in Florence is a traditional style hotel situated in the historical centre of the city, 800 metres from the Duomo and the Uffizi Gallery.
The 24 air- conditioned guestrooms are spread over four floors and have decor in a traditional style in soft golden tones with patterned curtains and carpeted floors.
At the Alba Hotel, Florence, visitors are well placed to explore the city's key attractions; the Duomo, Uffizi Gallery, Ponte Vecchio and Palazzo Vecchio can all be found within 800 metres.
www.hotel-rates.com /italy/florence/alba-hotel.html   (490 words)

  
 In Italy's Alba, Where Have All the Truffles Gone?
In Italy's misty, mountainous Piedmont region, where the 2006 Winter Olympics begin this Friday, the answer is a resounding yes.
One of my main reasons for visiting Alba, a town of medieval red-brick towers about 30 miles southeast of the Olympic host city of Torino (please, let's call it that instead of the Anglicized Turin), was to try to sample the region's famed white truffles.
Alba and nearby Torino are in northwestern Italy, near the Alps and the border with France, in the foggy, land-locked Piedmont, which in Italian means "foot of the mountains."
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 Apartment Alba - umbria italy accomodations - vacation rentals all year   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Apartment Alba in the green heart of Umbria in Todi
Tastefully restored apartment in Umbria / Todi in Italy available to rent all year, with it's calm and pleasant atmosphere of Umbria 15 meters away from the historical piazza of Todi
Description: Apartment Alba offers umbria italy accomodations freshly reconditioned, comfortable apartment in styleful medieval atmosphere for 1-3 persons in Todi Italy; the ideal place to relax in tranquillity in the storical center of Todi in Umbria; Perugia, Assisi, Spoleto, Orvieto in driving distance.
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 Car Hire Alba. Discounts Alba Car Rentals Companies
Beneluxcar can help you to rent a car in Alba Whether it is one way interstate rental car Alba, Beneluxcar has just the right car hire for you.
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Whether it's an open top car hire in Italy can rent you a great car at an excellent price, just take a look at their cheap car rental Italy.
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 Hotel Alba, Florence, Italy, Europe
The beautiful Hotel Alba is a completely renovated hotel situated in the historic center of Florence, only a short distance from the central train station.
This gem of a hotel is within easy walking distance to the shopping area and all main museums and monuments.
Once in front of the railway station, leaving the station on your left, continue to the right into Via Santa Caterina Da Siena, at the traffic lights turn left into Via Della Scala, the hotel Alba is situated at 100 meters on the left hand side of the road.
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 Villa La Favorita, Alba, Italy Overview | Priceline.com Hotels
Located on a hillside just 1,5 kms from the historical town of Alba, it is surrounded by a 10,000 m estate of vineyards and fruit orchards.
The farm produces fine doc-status wines - Nebbiolo d*Alba and Grignolino Piemonte - as well as a large variety of organically-grown fruit /cherries, apples, pears, apricots, plums, persimmons, figs, mulberries, peaches and pomegranates/, part of which is used to make delicious jams.
Each *room with a view* over the towers and roofs of ALBA*s old town centre brings guests into close contact with the hills.
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 Alba Italy - Compare Prices, Reviews and Buy at NexTag - Price - Review
Origin and Soil: From vineyards in the areas of Barbaresco, Treiso, Alba and Monforte.
The Hotel Dawn of the Gargano, in Mediterranean style, is from years by now synonymous of service and courtesy, the cure and the classified attention to the customers rispecchia...
The Hotel Ilaria and the Residenza dell Alba, in Lucca, are the ideal place for a moment of charme or for a business meeting in a space of light and green designed by the history.
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 Alba: Hotel Castello di Sinio - Traveler Reviews - When in Italy...STAY HERE! - TripAdvisor
From the moment we first contacted Denise and Giacomo, to the moment we arrived, received information on activities they could arrange for us like winery visits, special dinners, food producer visits, truffle hunting and much more; until well after we left, we were treated with 'first class' service.
If you have never been to Italy, or, have been many times and are looking for a different Italy, you must take a visit to Piedmont...and the Castello di Sinio...let your senses be your guide!
We were there for a weekend for the "fiera del tartufo" (truffle fair) in alba and we were surprised to discover this amazing place.
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 Camping Alba Village Italy
The camping Alba Village is a unique accommodation facility in the area of Alba.
but near to the centre of Alba: a bus stop is just in front of us.
You are in: Camping.it > Piemonte > Cuneo > Alba > Alba Village
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 Alba, Italy Photo Gallery by chips at pbase.com
I love Alba, My wife's family is from Tucci right outside of Monta.
Thank you so much for posting beautiful pictures of Alba brings happiness to my heart.
I will be in Alba during the month of august can't wait Ciao.
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 Tartufi Ponzio - Alba - Italy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
In 1987 the shop was taken over by Maria Teresa Bortolusso and Giuseppe Curti who carried on the job.
In other words a long corridor with a single showcase on Alba’s main street.
Some time ago he was a truffle hunter and even now he doesn’t wait for the product at home: he goes personally on markets to choose the best truffles.
www.tartufiponzio.com /uk/history.htm   (122 words)

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