Cittaslow, (literally Slow City in English) is a movement founded in Italy in October of 1999. The inspiration of Cittaslow was the Slow Food organization; Cittaslow's goals include improving quality of life in towns while resisting the homogenization and Americanization of cities, where standardized franchise stores dominate. Celebrating and supporting diversity of culture and the specialities of a town and its hinterland are core Cittaslow values. This article is about the year. ... A restaurant placard, Santorini The Slow Food movement was founded by Carlo Petrini in Italy as a resistance movement to combat fast food and claims to preserve the cultural cuisine and the associated food plants and seeds, domestic animals, and farming within an ecoregion. ...

Cittaslow is part of a cultural trend known as the Slow movement. The Slow movement is a cultural shift towards slowing down lifes pace. ...

Cittaslow is expanding outside Italy. As at January 1 2006, national Cittaslow networks exist in Germany, Norway and the United Kingdom; towns and cities in other countries are working towards Cittaslow accreditation.

Membership

Like Slow Food, Cittaslow is a membership organisation. Full membership of Cittaslow is only open to towns with a population under 50,000. To become eligible for membership, a town must normally score at least 50 percent in a self-assessment process against the set of Cittaslow Goals, and then apply for admission to the appropriate Cittaslow national network. An annual membership fee is payable by towns.

Another category of Cittaslow membership, that of Cittaslow Supporter, was agreed during 2005 and is open to public bodies, businesses and towns that support the Cittaslow aims and goals but that are not eligible to become Cittaslow in their own right.

Slow Cities

List of Slow Cities in Australia

• Goolwa
• Katoomba, City of Blue Mountains

Goolwa (35°30′ S 138°46′ E, population approx 2400) is an historic river port on the River Murray near the Murray Mouth in South Australia, and joined by a bridge to Hindmarsh Island. ... Katoomba is the chief town of the City of the Blue Mountains in New South Wales, Australia and is its administrative headquarters. ... The Three Sisters are a top attraction of the city The City of Blue Mountains is a local government area of New South Wales, Australia, governed by the Blue Mountains City Council. ...

List of Slow Cities in Italy

• Abbiategrasso
• Acqualagna
• Anghiari
• Barga
• Borgo Val di Taro
• Bra
• Bucine
• Caiazzo
• Casalbeltrame
• Castelnovo ne' Monti
• Castelnuovo Berardenga
• Castiglione del Lago
• Chiavenna
• Chiaverano
• Città della Pieve
• Civitella in Val di Chiana
• Cutigliano
• Fiumicino
• Fontanellato
• Francavilla al Mare
• Giffoni Valle Piana
• Greve in Chianti
• Guardiagrele
• Levanto
• Massa Marittima
• Montefalco
• Orvieto
• Pellegrino Parmense
• Pollica
• Positano
• Pratovecchio
• San Daniele del Friuli
• San Gemini
• San Miniato
• San Vincenzo
• Santa Sofia
• Suvereto
• Teglio
• Todi
• Torgiano
• Trani
• Trevi
• Zibello

Abbiategrasso is a comune and town in the province of Milan, Italian region of Lombardy, situated in the Po valley approximately 22 km from Milan and 38 km from Pavia. ... Country Italy Region Marche Province Province of Pesaro e Urbino (PU) Mayor Elevation 204 m Area 50. ... View of Anghiari. ... Barga is a medieval Tuscan city near the center of Italy, with a total of around 10,000 inhabitants. ... BORGO VAL DI TARO, a town and episcopal sea of Emilia, Italy, in the province of Parma, 14 m. ... Bra is a town and comune of Italian region of Piemonte, 44°42N 7°51E, at 290 m (951 ft) above sea-level, with 28,300 inhabitants as of the 2003 census. ... Country Italy Region Tuscany Province Province of Arezzo (AR) Mayor Elevation 207 m Area 131. ... Caiatia (modern Caiazzo), an ancient city of Campania, on the right bank of the Volturnus, 11 miles north-east of Capua, on the road between it and Telesia. ... Casalbeltrame is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 km northeast of Turin and about 12 km west of Novara. ... Castelnovo Monti Castelnovo Monti (official: Castelnovo ne Monti is a town in Italy. ... Country Italy Region Tuscany Province Province of Siena (SI) Mayor Elevation 351 m Area 177. ... Castiglione del Lago is a town with a population of 14,186 (2001) people in the Province of Perugia of Umbria, on the southwest corner of Lake Trasimeno. ... Chiavenna can refer to: Places Chiavenna (Sondrio), a commune of the Province of Sondrio, at one end of the Splügen Pass. ... Country Italy Region Piedmont Province Province of Turin (TO) Mayor  ? Elevation 329 m Area 12. ... A street in Città della Pieve Città della Pieve is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Perugia in the Italian region Umbria, located about 50 km southeast of Perugia. ... Civitella in Val di Chiana (official name), often also Civitella di Val di Chiana, is a comune in the province of Arezzo, south of Arezzo in Tuscany, Italy. ... Country Italy Region Tuscany Province Province of Pistoia (PT) Mayor Elevation 678 m Area 43. ... Fiumicino is an Italian town, in which Leornardo Da Vinci airport is located. ... Fontanellato is a small town in the province of Parma in north Italy. ... Francevilla al Mare is a comune and town in the Province of Chieti in the Abruzzo region of Italy Abruzzo · Communes of the province of Chieti Categories: | ... Giffoni Valle Piana is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. ... Greve in Chianti (the old name was Greve; in 1972 was renamed Greve in Chianti after the inclusion of that area in the Chianti wine district) is a town and comune (municipality) in the province of Florence, Tuscany, Italy. ... Guardiagrele is a town and commune in the province of Chieti, part of the Abruzzo region of southern Italy. ... A hot southeasterly wind which blows over the Canary Islands. ... The Cathedral of Massa Marittima. ... Montefalco is a town and comune in the central part of the Italian province of Perugia, (Umbria), 42°54N 12°39E; at 473 m (1552 ft) above sea-level on an outcrop of the Colli Martani above the flood plain of the Clitunno river, 7 km (4 mi) SE of... Orvieto is a city in southwestern Umbria, Italy situated on the flat summit of a large butte of volcanic tuff. ... Country Italy Region Emilia-Romagna Province Province of Parma (PR) Mayor Elevation m Area 82. ... Pollica is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. ... Positano is a small town on the Amalfi Coast (Costiera Amalfitana), in Campania, Italy. ... External links Original Photos and Info for Pratevvchio, Tuscany, Italy Categories: Towns in Tuscany ... San Daniele del Friuli is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Udine in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 80 km northwest of Trieste and about 20 km northwest of Udine. ... San Gemini is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Terni in the Italian region Umbria, located about 60 km south of Perugia and about 10 km northwest of Terni. ... San Miniato is a small city in Pisa Province in the Region of Tuscany, Italy. ... There are communes that have the name San Vincenzo (Italian for Saint Vincent) in Italy: San Vincenzo, in the province of Livorno San Vincenzo La Costa, in the province of Cosenza San Vincenzo Valle Roveto, in the province of LAquila Category: ... Sofia is a very crazy boo boo!!!!!!!!!!!! She is googoo and googey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ... Suvereto is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Livorno in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 90 km southwest of Florence and about 60 km southeast of Livorno. ... Country Italy Region Lombardy Province Province of Sondrio (SO) Mayor Elevation m Area 115. ... Panorama of Todi. ... Country Italy Region Umbria Province Province of Perugia (PG) Mayor Elevation 219 m Area 37. ... Trani is a seaport of Apulia, southern Italy, on the Adriatic Sea, in the province of Bari, and 40 km by railway west northwest of that town. ... TREVI was a network - or forum - of national officials from ministries of justice and the interior in the European Community created during the European Council Summit in Rome, 1-2 december 1975. ... Country Italy Region Emilia-Romagna Province Province of Parma (PR) Mayor Elevation m Area 23. ...

List of Slow Cities in Austria

• Enns, Upper Austria

Enns is a city in Upper Austria, located 281 m above sea level on the river Enns, which forms the border to Lower Austria. ... Upper Austria (Ober sterreich) is one of the nine federal states or Bundesl nder of Austria. ...

List of Slow Cities in the UK

• Aylsham, Norfolk
• Diss, Norfolk
• Ludlow, Shropshire
• Mold, Wales
• Perth, Scotland

Aylsham is a historic market town and civil parish on the River Bure in North Norfolk, England. ... Norfolk (IPA: //) is a low-lying county in East Anglia in the east of southern England. ... , Diss is a town (population 6742[1]) in Norfolk, England. ... Norfolk (IPA: //) is a low-lying county in East Anglia in the east of southern England. ... , Ludlow is a town in Shropshire, England situated close to the border with Wales in The Welsh Marches. ... Shropshire (pronounced /, -/), alternatively known as Salop[6] or abbreviated Shrops[7], is a county in the West Midlands of England. ... Mold (Yr Wyddgrug in Welsh) is the county town of Flintshire in Wales and lies on the River Alyn. ... This article is about the country. ... Perth (Scottish Gaelic: ) is a royal burgh in central Scotland. ... This article is about the country. ...

List of Slow Cities in Germany

• Hersbruck, Bavaria
• Waldkirch, Baden-Württemberg
• Überlingen, Baden-Württemberg
• Schwarzenbruck, Bavaria
• Lüdinghausen, North Rhine-Westphalia

Hersbruck is a small town in Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, belonging to the district Nürnberger Land. ... For other uses, see Bavaria (disambiguation). ... Waldkirch is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ... Location Coordinates , , Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Administration Country NUTS Region DE1 Capital Stuttgart Minister-President Günther Oettinger (CDU) Governing parties CDU / FDP Votes in Bundesrat 6 (from 69) Basic statistics Area  35,752 km² (13,804 sq mi) Population 10,741,000 (11/2006)[1]  - Density... Ãœberlingen Ãœberlingen is a city in south-western Germany. ... Location Coordinates , , Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Administration Country NUTS Region DE1 Capital Stuttgart Minister-President Günther Oettinger (CDU) Governing parties CDU / FDP Votes in Bundesrat 6 (from 69) Basic statistics Area  35,752 km² (13,804 sq mi) Population 10,741,000 (11/2006)[1]  - Density... Schwarzenbruck is a town within the district of Nürnberger Land in Bavaria in Germany. ... Lüdinghausen is a town and a municipality in the district of Coesfeld in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. ... Coat of arms Location Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Administration Country NUTS Region DEA Capital Düsseldorf Prime Minister Jürgen Rüttgers (CDU) Governing parties CDU / FDP Votes in Bundesrat 6 (from 69) Basic statistics Area  34,084 km² (13,160 sq mi) Population 18,033,000...

List of Slow Cities in Norway

• Levanger, Nord-Trøndelag
• Sokndal, Rogaland

This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... County NO-17 Region Trøndelag Administrative centre Steinkjer County mayor Inger Lise Gjørv Area  - Total  - Percentage Ranked 6 22,412 km² 6. ... County Rogaland Landscape Dalane Municipality NO-1111 Administrative centre Hauge i Dalene Mayor (2005) Gudmund Holmen (Ap) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 279 295 km² 267 km² 0. ... Rogaland is a county in Norway, bordering Hordaland, Telemark, Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder. ...

List of Slow Cities in Spain

• Mungia, Basque Country

Mungia is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, northern Spain. ... Pays Basque) see Northern Basque Country. ...

External links

• Slow Cities - Information about slow cities.
• Slow Food International: Slow Cities movement
• Cittaslow UK
• Cittaslow Norway (in Norwegian)
• Cittaslow Italy
• Cittaslow Germany (in German)
• Slow towns of Italy