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It is white truffle
and black truffle season.
Find out about the tradition of extracting truffles in Istria.
We have found the biggest truffle in te world!
Visit our stores in Livade, Pula,
Buzet and Buje
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On March 30th 2000 the official information
arrived from the head office of Guinness world record that Istria
has the biggest truffle in the world.
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Mr. Giancarlo Zigante found it with the help of his
dog Diana near the village Livade on November 2nd 1999. This white truffle
weighed exactly 1,310 kg. |
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Measuring of millennium
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Mr. Giancarlo Zigante
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Zigante family decided not to sell this truffle,
which was named Millennium, but to prepare a dinner for 100 guests
with the Millennium as a main dish, with a goal to promote truffles
and Istrian region. To convince all future guests of the size of
the big white truffle, Mr. Zigante has got the trustworthy copy
cast in bronze. This unique display is exhibited in Zigante's specialised
truffle and truffle based products shop in Livade. More about the
shop you can find out on these pages.
"Certainly this is not the end but the beginning
of a new nice story with the final goal in recognition of our region
as the first truffle destination in the world." - assures Mr.Zigante.
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