Torta dei Fieschi August 14
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Mike Dippel@954:895/1 to
All on Thursday, August 14, 2025 22:44:22
When Count Fieschi of Lavagna in Genoa, Italy, was married in 1240, he invited his guests
˙and everyone else in town˙to share a cake that was more than 30 feet high.
The citizens of Lavagna haven't forgotten his generosity, and each year they celebrate the
event on August 14. Dressed in costumes, they parade to the town square, where they pin
to their clothes a piece of paper (blue for men, white for women) on which a word is
written.
When they find someone wearing the same word, the couple is given a piece of "Fieschi's
cake."
Mike Dippel
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