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2 unusual facts about Martorana


Frutta martorana

Realistically coloured with vegetable dyes, they are said to have originated at the Monastero della Martorana, Palermo, when nuns decorated empty fruit trees with marzipan fruit to impress an archbishop visiting at Easter.

Martorana

Although the convent no longer exists, frutta di Martorana are still one of Palermo's most famous and distinctive foodstuffs.



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