The liquor was born at the beginning of 1900, in a small boarding house of the island Azzurra, where the lady Maria Antonia Farace took care of a rigorous garden of lemons and oranges.

Who invented limoncello?

Limoncello: between history and legend

In Capri, some say that its origins are linked to the events of the family of the businessman Massimo Canale, who, in 1988, registered the first trademark “Limoncello.”

Where was limoncello invented?

Nobody can be sure where, or when, limoncello was invented. Like other liqueurs, it's likely that it was first concocted by convents or monasteries. And both Campania (particularly the Amalfi coast, Sorrento and Capri), and Liguria (home of the Cinque Terre), claim it as their own.