EuroChocolate is an annual chocolate festival that takes place in Perugia , in the Umbria region of central Italy . The festival has been held since 1993, and is one of the largest chocolate festivals in Europe. EuroChocolate draws nearly one million tourists and Italian natives each year. It lasts for nine days and is located in the squares and areas of Piazza Italia, Piazza Della Repubblica, Corso Vannucci , Via Mazzini, Via Fani, The Terrace of the Covered Market, and Piazza IV Novembre .
8-604: Italy's most well-known chocolate company Perugina (now belonging to Nestlé ), known for their Baci , is represented along with several other brands such as Lindt and Caffarel . EuroChocolate offers many snack and souvenir options such as chocolate-covered bananas, chocolate liqueur, chocolate moulds, and chocolate bricks. EuroChocolate offers a variety of activities including chocolate art displays, experimental chocolate tastings, street performances, and chocolate sculpting. In recent years, an igloo has been constructed out of 3,600 kilograms (7,900 lb) of chocolate bricks. There
16-484: A food or drink themed festival is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Italian cuisine –related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Perugina Perugina is an Italian chocolate confectionery company based in Perugia, Italy that was founded in 1907. The company also operates a chocolate-making school at its factory in Perugia, which commenced in 2007. Perugina
24-538: A retail store on Fifth Avenue in New York City circa 1939. The company produces a wide array of chocolate and food products, including chocolate bars, hard candy, nougat , and biscotti . During Easter-time, a major product is chocolate Easter eggs wrapped in colorful aluminium paper. A noted and well-known product is the Baci chocolate kisses filled with hazelnut , wrapped in a multilingual love note, which
32-418: Is even an opportunity to make a chocolate day spa appointment. In 2003 the largest chocolate bar in the world was constructed. It measured over 7 metres (23 ft) in length, 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) in height and used 5,980 kilograms (13,180 lb) of dark chocolate and thousands of hazelnuts. EuroChocolate has extended to other Italian cities, such as Rome and Turin . This article about
40-697: The latter from consolidating its presence in the consumer food sector and, in 1988, IGP was sold to the Swiss multinational Nestlé which since 2008 has only held the Perugina brand, having sold Buitoni on that date . Perugina's registered office has been in Milan since 1988 , but the production plants and the Chocolate School are located in Perugia. The company was formed in 1907 by Francesco Buitoni, Annibale Spagnoli, Leone Ascoli and Francesco Andreani. It
48-578: Was founded in the town of Perugia, which is located in the Umbria region of central Italy. A great deal in Perugina's success is attributed to Luisa Spagnoli, who created the chocolate brand Perugina and played the paramount role in the chocolate factory setup and further development. The company was introduced to the United States at the 1939 World's Fair in New York City, and since became known for producing fine chocolates. Perugina also opened
56-407: Was introduced in 1922. These love notes are written in either Italian, English, French, German, Greek, Spanish, or Portuguese. This food and/or confectionery corporation or company-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This confectionery -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Italian corporation or company article
64-539: Was purchased by and became a division of the Nestlé corporation in 1988. Merged in 1968 with the family company of the same name to form the IBP-Industrie Buitoni Perugina group , it was involved in the crisis of the food sector of the seventies from which it emerged in 1985 with the sale to Carlo De Benedetti 's CIR group ; However, political maneuvers outside the group prevented
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