Means "mixed breeding" and is also reminiscent of a mixed trade. The term refers to fields where wine, olives, fruit trees, grains and vegetables are grown together.
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It's unknown where the name Abruzzo comes from, but after the fall of the Roman Empire, the region's land areas were subjected to a number of dynasties, and for several hundred years they were ruled from the south as a part of the Napoli kingdom.
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