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A pizza box for containing a baked pizza, the pizza box being suitable for assuming a box-like configuration and comprising:

• a base suitable for accommodating the baked pizza, said base identifying a base plane;
• a lid comprising lid coupling means;
• side walls having side edges in common with the base, said side walls identifying side planes incident to the base plane;
• a rear wall comprising a rear edge in common with the base and a lid edge in common with the lid, said rear wall identifying a rear plane incident to the base plane;
• a front wall having a front edge in common with the base, said front wall identifying a front plane incident to the base plane;
• said side walls, rear wall and front wall, together with the base and the lid at least partially defining an inner compartment suitable for containing the baked pizza;
• a lid coupling seat obtained on the front wall, suitable for engaging the lid coupling means;
• flap coupling seats obtained on the front wall;
• and
• flaps joined to the side walls, said flaps being suitable for being removably engaged to the front wall by engagement in said flap coupling seats;
• said pizza box being suitable for assuming
• a closed configuration in which the lid is engaged to the base by engagement between the lid coupling means and the lid coupling seat, and in which the flaps are removably engaged with respective flap coupling seats;
• and
• a laterally open configuration, in which the lid is engaged to the front wall by virtue of the engagement between the lid coupling means and the lid coupling seat, and in which at least one of the flaps is disengaged from at least one of the flap coupling seats, so that at least one of said side walls can be tilted to generate a side opening for allowing access to the inner compartment for extracting the baked pizza or a portion thereof,
• wherein at least one of the flaps comprises a gripping portion, and
• wherein, when the pizza box is in the closed configuration, said gripping portion extends outwards, on an opposite side with respect to the inner compartment, beyond the front wall of the pizza box, allowing to easily apply a pulling force to said gripping portion to disengage said at least one of the flaps from the at least one of the flap coupling seats and bring the pizza box to the laterally open configuration.