Where was the Pizza Invented?

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It was Naples in Italy, where pizza began as a dish for poor people. At first, they were made of bread with cheese, basil, salt and pepper. Tomatoes were added only after the discovery of America. Pizzas were made long before that. But because pizza is known throughout the world as a dish with tomatoes, it is more correct to look upon it as an Italian-American invention. 

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