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An island in Lake Garda that served as a burial ground, a pirate hideout, and a monastery.
Pandoro, which translates to "golden bread," is Verona's answer to Milan's more famous panettone. Nestled among what is now the fashion shopping district in the alleyways of Verona's città antica (ancient city center), two sculptures resting on a balcony hint at the site's significance in the history of this beloved treat. Golden in color when baked, thanks to being made from dough enriched with sugar, eggs, and butter, the name pandoro also refers to a time when the bread was beyond the reach of anyone but the Veronese nobility. The bread's distinctive tall, eight-sided shape (frustum-shaped for the geometrists out there) was likely inspired by the older Italian nadalin cake.
