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pesto

sauce made from basil, pine nuts, Parmigiano Reggiano, olive oil, and garlic
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Summary

pesto ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,300 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Country: Italy[2]
  • Made from material: pine nut[3], garlic[4], basil[5], olive oil[6], Parmesan[7], Pecorino Sardo[8]
  • Subclass of: pesto variants[9]
  • Commons category: Pesto[10]
  • Country of origin: Italy[11]
  • Native label: Pesto[12]
  • Different from: Pistou[13]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[14]

Why It Matters

pesto has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] pesto is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Related Entities

Italy

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 26d ago · Fgnievinski · 2026-09-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has parts → —
    Subclass of → pesto variants
    Country of origin → Italy
    Country → Italy
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Made from material: pine nut"
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