Italy has submitted the Neapolitan pizza as a candidate for inclusion in UNESCO'S cultural heritage list for next year.
The national commission for UNESCO said in a statement it had voted unanimously to protect the Neapolitan pizza as part of the country's cultural and gastronomic tradition.
If UNESCO accepts the bid it will win a place on the world body's list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity as "The Traditional Art of Neapolitan Pizza Makers."
