The origin of the dove is disputed. On the one hand it is rooted in legend and on the other in marketing. In fact, it seems that the Lombard king Alboin, when he conquered the city of Pavia after a long siege in 572 AD, received a dove-shaped bread from the people as a sign of peace. The colomba as a modern Easter dessert, however, was born in 1930, in Milan, from the intuition of Dino Villani, advertising director of Motta, the famous Milanese sweet factory Motta.