Discover the Traditional Bread from Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal

About the city of Idanha-a-Nova

Idanha-a-Nova, located in Portugal’s Centro Region, is deeply connected to music, with its logo featuring Adufe tambourines that symbolize the city’s identity. An annual magazine dedicated to local traditions and music history serves as a guide for tourists and residents. The Boom Festival, the most popular local music event, attracts over 40,000 attendees from 150 countries each summer, showcasing 800 artists. The 130-year-old Idanhense Brass Band promotes social cohesion through music, providing opportunities for all ages to engage. The Municipality incorporates creativity into its development strategies, focusing on expanding audiences and offering training for musicians and entrepreneurs. In 2013, the Idanha Incubator of Creative Industries was established to support cultural production and sustainable development.

Discover the traditional bread of Idanha-a-Nova

Immerse yourself in the fascinating stories, traditions, and flavors of the unique breads from UNESCO Creative Cities. Click “Discover More” to explore the Creative Knowledge Platform, the project’s heri-telling platform, where farmers, millers, and bakers share their heritage and passion through captivating images, videos, and stories.

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Breads of the Creative Cities, the first inter-cluster project of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network, launched in 2018 by the Creative Knowledge Foundation in partnership with Tucson UCC, celebrates the diversity of local staple foods through bread as a symbol of cultural identity. It showcases stories, traditions, and practices from Creative Cities worldwide, giving voice to bakers, millers, and farmers.

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