80's and 90's
July 3, 1984, Naples: when it all began. 17 of the most prominent master pizza makers of the time set up the Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana by registering the "International Regulations of the True Neapolitan Pizza" with the desire to protect this product of excellence and stem the misuse of the name Neapolitan pizza
In November 1989, on the occasion of the centenary of pizza margherita, AVPN organized the first world convention of pizza makers, making Naples and Galleria Umberto I an open-air pizzeria
In 1993, the code for the quality certification of true Neapolitan pizza begins to be defined
In 1995 a second important step: the creation of a commission of experts led by Prof. Carlo Mangoni to scientifically update the APVN regulation
1997 is the year of the turning point: on July 1 the presentation of the specification followed by obtaining the UNI Mark celebrated with the big party on September 15 at the Maschio Angioino.
In 1997 the name "Pizzafest" was officially born, the event, declaredly inspired by Munich's Oktoberfest, which is the progenitor of all pizza-related events. The initial location, that of the Maschio Angioino, was replaced in 2000 by the Mostra d'Oltremare and, after a brief interlude in the Port, settled there permanently for logistical reasons arising from the very high flow of users reaching 150,000 in the last edition in 2008.
