''Pomodorino del Piennolo del Vesuvio'', or sometimes just ''pomodorino vesuviano'', is a grape tomato grown in

Naples Naples ( ; ; ) is the Regions of Italy, regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 908,082 within the city's administrative limits as of 2025, while its Metropolitan City of N ...

, Italy. It has

protected designation of origin The protected designation of origin (PDO) is a type of geographical indication of the European Union aimed at preserving the designations of origin of food-related products. The designation was created in 1992 and its main purpose is to designat ...

(PDO) status, which was granted in 2009.EU Directory of PDO/PGI/TSG - Pomodorino del Piennolo del Vesuvio profile
(accessed 31/Oct/2010) The cultivation area is restricted to 18 ''

comuni A (; : , ) is an administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions () and provinces (). The can also have the City status in Italy, titl ...

'' (municipalities) around

Mount Vesuvius Mount Vesuvius ( ) is a Somma volcano, somma–stratovolcano located on the Gulf of Naples in Campania, Italy, about east of Naples and a short distance from the shore. It is one of several volcanoes forming the Campanian volcanic arc. Vesuv ...

, within the Vesuvius National Park.Agricoltura del Regione di Campania - News - Pomodorino del Piennolo del Vesuvio
(Italian) (Accessed 31/Oct/2010)

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