Italian deck of Abruzzesi (Abruzzo) regional playing cards by Dal Negro: each suit is dedicated to a province, to L'Aquila i Denarii, to Pescara i Bastoni, to Teramo le Coppe and to Chieti le Spade. Composed of 40 cards, measuring 53 x 85mm. Coated in high quality plastic, made in Italy.

According to A.G. Smith: "The Cambio Packs and the Games played with them" - part III (The Playing-Card Volume XX No 1) the cards are used in Bergamo, the Abruzzo area, the Basilicata and Molise for the trick-taking games: Zifuli, Cucco (Cöch) and Cuccù a Trionfo.

Spanish style cards are used throughout the rest of central and southern Italy in the regions of: Marche, Umbria, Lazio, Abruzzo, Molise, Campania, Puglia, Basilicata, Calabria, Sicily and the eastern side of Sardinia.

Abruzzo è il gioco da tavolo perfetto per riscoprire i valori, gli usi e costumi di Chieti, L’Aquila, Pescara, Teramo e delle loro province, oltre che a mettere in mostra le tue abilità imprenditoriali.

Playing cards from all corners of Italy from Piemonte to Sicily and Sardinia to Trieste, with differing card numbers, suits and designs depending on the region.

Playing cards arrived from Mamluk Egypt during the 1370s. Mamluk cards used suits of cups, coins, swords, and polo-sticks. As polo was an obscure sport, Italians changed them into batons. [1] Italy was a collection of small states so each region developed its own variations. Southern Italy was under strong Spanish influence so their cards ...

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Italy is one of the two countries where western playing cards first appeared, by the second half of the 14th century. This ancient tradition probably accounts for the many regional patterns still in use today from the north to the south of the country, and for the variety of suit systems, according to a specific geographic distribution.

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