What does the sprawling municipality of Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos have in common with the small and distant township of Codognè, Italy?

It’s certainly not geographical area, 202,391 square kilometers for the former and 21.7 km2 for the latter, nor their respective population statistics, 68,000 versus 5,334 inhabitants. The thread that ties them together is the production of quince, a signature fruit from which both derive their names: membrillo in Spanish and mela cotogna in Italian.

Codognè will be in the limelight this weekend as the guest city during the run of Ixtlahuacán’s seventh Festival del Membrillo.  Both communities will showcase their distinctive cultural attributes, gastronomy and quince products for which they are known best known from Friday, July 28 through Sunday, July 30.

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