For years, the Itrana del Lazio olive has been better known under the name "Oliva di Gaeta", because for centuries the port of this city was the main place of export from which this phenomenal product then reached tables all over the world.

Leccino Olives are among the most cultivated olives in Italy, given their delicate flavour. Their origin is supposed to be Tuscany, and there is reference to it since the Middle Ages, but now it is commonly cultivated in most of Italy, and has even been exported to the rest of the world (from California, to Australia and Chile )

Olives are one of the oldest foods on earth cultivated throughout the Mediterranean region, it is estimated, for about 7000 years. Since then the types of recipes and uses of olives have multiplied, one of these is the drying of the olives, which in the past took place through the arrangement of the ripe olives in wicker baskets,