Talk:Perugia
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Perugia is also twinned with Seattle, Washington
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Baci
The corrections I just made:
- 1. For spelling, see the official site (http://www.baciperugina.it/); and of course, that's the proper spelling of the Italian word for "kisses"; singular: bacio.
- 2. Perugina was founded in 1907, see this page at official site (http://www.perugina.it/chi_siamo.htm); since it's the company that made Perugia chocolate famous, I deleted 19th century. I didn't substitute "20c", because now we just don't know. Perugia may well have been famous for chocolate — Italy in general was — in the 18c.
- 3. According to the respective official websites (Baci di Perugina (http://www.baciperugina.it/ita/world.asp?mondo=amicizia), Hershey's (http://www.hersheys.com/kisses/about/index.asp)) Perugina started making Baci in 1922, and Hershey's starting making kisses in 1907. Therefore Baci are not a precursor at all of Hershey's Kisses, but the reverse. Since the comparison is kinda immaterial anyway — they're really not related chocolates — I removed the whole bit.
Bill 13:44, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Sorry, I hadn't done much research, just found a site that said what I wrote about the comparison to Hershey's. And you're right about the spelling. Perugina is now owned by Nestle it seems. I found a site that gave some info about the history. Nestle Baci (http://www.nestleeuropeanchocolate.com/baci/collection/about.asp) --Chammy Koala 16:24, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)
