Harry and Meghan had them at their wedding. So did William and Kate. And they got the idea from Charles and Diana, who ordered confetti from Sulmona for their wedding in 1981. The almonds come from Sicily but the sugar originally came from Persia and was added by the nuns of Santa Chiara in the 15th century. You had to be rich to afford them, or stand near the Podestà on Ferragosto, when he would throw them to the crowds.
Clockwise from top left: The Diocesan Museum was once the bishop’s residence; the Palazzo Quetta Alberti-Colico famed for its floral decorations; il Castello di Buonconsiglio – the ‘Castle of Good Council’; MUSE, the science museum; canederli, local bread dumplings; view over Trento to the mountains beyond; the Cycle of the Months fresco in the Eagle Tower; Palazzo delle Albere