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  • Caprarica, Salento. Secular olive trees. The olive tree is surely the most diffused plant of the whole Salento, and probably it is the plant  that better represents the Mediterranean civilization. Of the 60 millions of Apulia's olive trees at least five are protected by the regional law.
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  • Castrì di Lecce, Salento. Secular olive trees. The olive tree is surely the most diffused plant of the whole Salento, and probably it is the plant  that better represents the Mediterranean civilization. Of the 60 millions of Apulia's olive trees at least five are protected by the regional law.
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  • Giurdignano, Salento. Menhir street. This village has the largest menhir collection of Apulia, nicknamed as "Menhirs Garden".
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  • Castrì di Lecce, Salento. Secular olive trees. The olive tree is surely the most diffused plant of the whole Salento, and probably it is the plant  that better represents the Mediterranean civilization. Of the 60 millions of Apulia's olive trees at least five are protected by the regional law.
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  • Castrì di Lecce, Salento. Secular olive trees. The olive tree is surely the most diffused plant of the whole Salento, and probably it is the plant  that better represents the Mediterranean civilization. Of the 60 millions of Apulia's olive trees at least five are protected by the regional law.
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  • Caprarica, Salento. Secular olive trees. The olive tree is surely the most diffused plant of the whole Salento, and probably it is the plant  that better represents the Mediterranean civilization. Of the 60 millions of Apulia's olive trees at least five are protected by the regional law.
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  • Caprarica, Salento. Secular olive trees. The olive tree is surely the most diffused plant of the whole Salento, and probably it is the plant  that better represents the Mediterranean civilization. Of the 60 millions of Apulia's olive trees at least five are protected by the regional law.
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  • Caprarica, Salento. Secular olive trees. The olive tree is surely the most diffused plant of the whole Salento, and probably it is the plant  that better represents the Mediterranean civilization. Of the 60 millions of Apulia's olive trees at least five are protected by the regional law.
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  • Caprarica, Salento. Secular olive trees. The olive tree is surely the most diffused plant of the whole Salento, and probably it is the plant  that better represents the Mediterranean civilization. Of the 60 millions of Apulia's olive trees at least five are protected by the regional law.
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  • Caprarica, Salento. Secular olive trees. The olive tree is surely the most diffused plant of the whole Salento, and probably it is the plant  that better represents the Mediterranean civilization. Of the 60 millions of Apulia's olive trees at least five are protected by the regional law.
    em7123154.jpg
  • Caprarica, Salento. Secular olive trees. The olive tree is surely the most diffused plant of the whole Salento, and probably it is the plant  that better represents the Mediterranean civilization. Of the 60 millions of Apulia's olive trees at least five are protected by the regional law.
    em7123153.jpg
  • Castrì di Lecce, Salento. Secular olive trees. The olive tree is surely the most diffused plant of the whole Salento, and probably it is the plant  that better represents the Mediterranean civilization. Of the 60 millions of Apulia's olive trees at least five are protected by the regional law.
    em7123141.jpg
  • Castrì di Lecce, Salento. Secular olive trees. The olive tree is surely the most diffused plant of the whole Salento, and probably it is the plant  that better represents the Mediterranean civilization. Of the 60 millions of Apulia's olive trees at least five are protected by the regional law.
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  • Castrì di Lecce, Salento. Secular olive trees. The olive tree is surely the most diffused plant of the whole Salento, and probably it is the plant  that better represents the Mediterranean civilization. Of the 60 millions of Apulia's olive trees at least five are protected by the regional law.
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  • Giurdignano, Salento. Menhir street. This village has the largest menhir collection of Apulia, nicknamed as "Menhirs Garden".
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  • Minervino, Salento. Secular olive trees. The olive tree is surely the most diffused plant of the whole Salento, and probably it is the plant  that better represents the Mediterranean civilization. Of the 60 millions of Apulia's olive trees at least five are protected by the regional law.
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  • Caprarica, Salento. Secular olive trees. The olive tree is surely the most diffused plant of the whole Salento, and probably it is the plant  that better represents the Mediterranean civilization. Of the 60 millions of Apulia's olive trees at least five are protected by the regional law.
    em7123157.jpg
  • Caprarica, Salento. Secular olive trees. The olive tree is surely the most diffused plant of the whole Salento, and probably it is the plant  that better represents the Mediterranean civilization. Of the 60 millions of Apulia's olive trees at least five are protected by the regional law.
    em7123150.jpg
  • Castrì di Lecce, Salento. Secular olive trees. The olive tree is surely the most diffused plant of the whole Salento, and probably it is the plant  that better represents the Mediterranean civilization. Of the 60 millions of Apulia's olive trees at least five are protected by the regional law.
    em7123145.jpg
  • Castrì di Lecce, Salento. Secular olive trees. The olive tree is surely the most diffused plant of the whole Salento, and probably it is the plant  that better represents the Mediterranean civilization. Of the 60 millions of Apulia's olive trees at least five are protected by the regional law.
    em7123144.jpg
  • Otranto. The Cathedral, consecrated in 1088, a work of Count Roger I adorned later (about 1163)  with a mosaic floor. On July 28, 1480, an Ottoman fleet of 128 ships arrived near Otranto in the region Apulia and on 11 August the city was taken by the invaders. Archbishop Stefano Agricoli and others were killed in the cathedral. On August 12, 800 citizens who refused to convert to Islam were taken to the Hill of the Minerva and beheaded. Some of the remains of the 800 martyrs are today stored in Otranto cathedral.
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  • Otranto. The Cathedral, consecrated in 1088, a work of Count Roger I adorned later (about 1163)  with a mosaic floor. On July 28, 1480, an Ottoman fleet of 128 ships arrived near Otranto in the region Apulia and on 11 August the city was taken by the invaders. Archbishop Stefano Agricoli and others were killed in the cathedral. On August 12, 800 citizens who refused to convert to Islam were taken to the Hill of the Minerva and beheaded. Some of the remains of the 800 martyrs are today stored in Otranto cathedral.
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  • Bari. The Basilica of St Nicolas The basilica was built between 1087 and 1197, during the Italo-Norman domination of Apulia. Its foundation is related to the stealing of some of the relics of St. Nicholas from the saint’s original shrine in Myra, The relics were carried off under the noses of the lawful Greek custodians  on 1087 and were safely landed at Bari.
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  • Bari. The Basilica of St Nicolas The basilica was built between 1087 and 1197, during the Italo-Norman domination of Apulia. Its foundation is related to the stealing of some of the relics of St. Nicholas from the saint’s original shrine in Myra, The relics were carried off under the noses of the lawful Greek custodians  on 1087 and were safely landed at Bari.
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  • Otranto. The Cathedral, consecrated in 1088, a work of Count Roger I adorned later (about 1163)  with a mosaic floor. On July 28, 1480, an Ottoman fleet of 128 ships arrived near Otranto in the region Apulia and on 11 August the city was taken by the invaders. Archbishop Stefano Agricoli and others were killed in the cathedral. On August 12, 800 citizens who refused to convert to Islam were taken to the Hill of the Minerva and beheaded. Some of the remains of the 800 martyrs are today stored in Otranto cathedral.
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  • Otranto. The Cathedral, consecrated in 1088, a work of Count Roger I adorned later (about 1163)  with a mosaic floor. On July 28, 1480, an Ottoman fleet of 128 ships arrived near Otranto in the region Apulia and on 11 August the city was taken by the invaders. Archbishop Stefano Agricoli and others were killed in the cathedral. On August 12, 800 citizens who refused to convert to Islam were taken to the Hill of the Minerva and beheaded. Some of the remains of the 800 martyrs are today stored in Otranto cathedral.
    em7122781.jpg
  • Bari. The Basilica of St Nicolas The basilica was built between 1087 and 1197, during the Italo-Norman domination of Apulia. Its foundation is related to the stealing of some of the relics of St. Nicholas from the saint’s original shrine in Myra, The relics were carried off under the noses of the lawful Greek custodians  on 1087 and were safely landed at Bari.
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  • Bari. The Basilica of St Nicolas The basilica was built between 1087 and 1197, during the Italo-Norman domination of Apulia. Its foundation is related to the stealing of some of the relics of St. Nicholas from the saint’s original shrine in Myra, The relics were carried off under the noses of the lawful Greek custodians  on 1087 and were safely landed at Bari.
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  • Bari. The Basilica of St Nicolas The basilica was built between 1087 and 1197, during the Italo-Norman domination of Apulia. Its foundation is related to the stealing of some of the relics of St. Nicholas from the saint’s original shrine in Myra, The relics were carried off under the noses of the lawful Greek custodians  on 1087 and were safely landed at Bari.
    em7132388.jpg
  • Bari. The Basilica of St Nicolas The basilica was built between 1087 and 1197, during the Italo-Norman domination of Apulia. Its foundation is related to the stealing of some of the relics of St. Nicholas from the saint’s original shrine in Myra, The relics were carried off under the noses of the lawful Greek custodians  on 1087 and were safely landed at Bari.
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  • Bari. The Basilica of St Nicolas The basilica was built between 1087 and 1197, during the Italo-Norman domination of Apulia. Its foundation is related to the stealing of some of the relics of St. Nicholas from the saint’s original shrine in Myra, The relics were carried off under the noses of the lawful Greek custodians  on 1087 and were safely landed at Bari.
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  • Bari. The Basilica of St Nicolas The basilica was built between 1087 and 1197, during the Italo-Norman domination of Apulia. Its foundation is related to the stealing of some of the relics of St. Nicholas from the saint’s original shrine in Myra, The relics were carried off under the noses of the lawful Greek custodians  on 1087 and were safely landed at Bari.
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  • Bari. The Basilica of St Nicolas The basilica was built between 1087 and 1197, during the Italo-Norman domination of Apulia. Its foundation is related to the stealing of some of the relics of St. Nicholas from the saint’s original shrine in Myra, The relics were carried off under the noses of the lawful Greek custodians  on 1087 and were safely landed at Bari.
    em7132340.jpg
  • Otranto. The Cathedral, consecrated in 1088, a work of Count Roger I adorned later (about 1163)  with a mosaic floor. On July 28, 1480, an Ottoman fleet of 128 ships arrived near Otranto in the region Apulia and on 11 August the city was taken by the invaders. Archbishop Stefano Agricoli and others were killed in the cathedral. On August 12, 800 citizens who refused to convert to Islam were taken to the Hill of the Minerva and beheaded. Some of the remains of the 800 martyrs are today stored in Otranto cathedral.
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  • Bari. The Basilica of St Nicolas The basilica was built between 1087 and 1197, during the Italo-Norman domination of Apulia. Its foundation is related to the stealing of some of the relics of St. Nicholas from the saint’s original shrine in Myra, The relics were carried off under the noses of the lawful Greek custodians  on 1087 and were safely landed at Bari.
    em7132416.jpg
  • Bari. The Basilica of St Nicolas The basilica was built between 1087 and 1197, during the Italo-Norman domination of Apulia. Its foundation is related to the stealing of some of the relics of St. Nicholas from the saint’s original shrine in Myra, The relics were carried off under the noses of the lawful Greek custodians  on 1087 and were safely landed at Bari.
    em7132349.jpg
  • Otranto. The Cathedral, consecrated in 1088, a work of Count Roger I adorned later (about 1163)  with a mosaic floor. On July 28, 1480, an Ottoman fleet of 128 ships arrived near Otranto in the region Apulia and on 11 August the city was taken by the invaders. Archbishop Stefano Agricoli and others were killed in the cathedral. On August 12, 800 citizens who refused to convert to Islam were taken to the Hill of the Minerva and beheaded. Some of the remains of the 800 martyrs are today stored in Otranto cathedral.
    em7122789.jpg
  • Otranto. The Cathedral, consecrated in 1088, a work of Count Roger I adorned later (about 1163)  with a mosaic floor. On July 28, 1480, an Ottoman fleet of 128 ships arrived near Otranto in the region Apulia and on 11 August the city was taken by the invaders. Archbishop Stefano Agricoli and others were killed in the cathedral. On August 12, 800 citizens who refused to convert to Islam were taken to the Hill of the Minerva and beheaded. Some of the remains of the 800 martyrs are today stored in Otranto cathedral.
    em7122788.jpg
  • Otranto. The Cathedral, consecrated in 1088, a work of Count Roger I adorned later (about 1163)  with a mosaic floor. On July 28, 1480, an Ottoman fleet of 128 ships arrived near Otranto in the region Apulia and on 11 August the city was taken by the invaders. Archbishop Stefano Agricoli and others were killed in the cathedral. On August 12, 800 citizens who refused to convert to Islam were taken to the Hill of the Minerva and beheaded. Some of the remains of the 800 martyrs are today stored in Otranto cathedral.
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  • San Giovanni Rotondo was the home of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina from 28 July 1916 until his death on 23 September 1968. The new church (1959). Statue of San Pio, "everyone can say Padre Pio is mine." The hands are worn out by the constant touch of the faithful.
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  • Presicce, a historical town of Salento with many old mansions.
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  • Martignano, Palazzo Palmieri, underground oil mill.mThe underground oil mills (once called underground trappeti because they were 5-6 metres deep) were dug into the rock. They are evidence of the rural economy around the year 1500 and they show the difficult life of the countryside people of those times. Inside the mill there was enough space to take the olives which were then crushed. There was a tank 70 cm high and 350 x 370 cm of diameter where the olives were put, in the centre of which there were two heavy rock turning wheels, 170x180cm high. These were rotated by animals, usually mules or donkeys, which were blindfolded to stop them getting dizzy from the incessant turning.
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  • Minervino, Salento. Dolmen Li Scusi. The Salento still preserves megalithic monuments belonging to the bronze age (about 1800 bc.).
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  • Minervino, Salento. Dolmen Li Scusi. The Salento still preserves megalithic monuments belonging to the bronze age (about 1800 bc.).
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  • Martina Franca.San Domenico church (1746-1750).  The façade is adorned with beautiful high-relief with angel figures.
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  • Martina Franca, church of San Martino (1747). Symbol of the Rococo of Martina Franca. The Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament, the Treasury of the Basilica. The statues reliquary of St. Martin and Santa Comasia, patron saints of the city, work in chased silver, embossed and tooled in gold. The two works from the workshop Neapolitan goldsmith Andrea De Blasio San Martino realized that in 1700 and in 1714 Santa Comasia.
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  • Locorotondo. The city is known for its circular structure which is now a historical center, from which derives its name, which means "Round place".
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  • San Giovanni Rotondo was the home of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina from 28 July 1916 until his death on 23 September 1968. Religious shop. All the town's economy is related to Padre Pio.
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  • Santa Maria di Leuca is famous for its lighthouse, which, with its height of 47 metre and its position at 102 metre above sea level, is one of the most important ones in Italy. Next to the lighthouse is the large Sanctuary, or Basilica, De Finibus Terrae ("End of the Land", 1720-1755), built to commemorate the passage of St. Peter here. Punta Meliso promontory ( is the southeastern extremity of Italy  traditionally considered the lowest point of the geographical "heel" of Italian peninsula, as well as the meeting point of the waters from the Adriatic Sea and the Ionian Sea.
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  • Lecce, Carmen Rampino's papier-machè workshop.  Carmen is appreciated as a innovator of the papier-machè traditional craftmanship
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  • Lecce, the workshop of Claudio Riso is one of the most renowned papier-machè craftsmen.
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  • The peasant Salvatore Durante, pruning his olive trees between Carpignano and Borgagne. In the back a wind mills.
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  • Martina Franca. The Lama is the most picturesque corner of the historic center, near the ancient walls. This urban space has taken on the dimensions of a beautiful natural amphitheater characterized by a spontaneous architecture of huts, walkways and ladders, who  fit together with each other in an endless game.
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  • Martano, near Lecce. Maddalena, the wife of tha craftman Luigiu Baldari is specialided to dress the papier-mâché statues.
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  • San Giovanni Rotondo was the home of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina from 28 July 1916 until his death on 23 September 1968. Religious shop. All the town's economy is related to Padre Pio.
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  • San Giovanni Rotondo was the home of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina from 28 July 1916 until his death on 23 September 1968. The permanent crib with Padre Pio.Tele Padre Pio, a TV specialised in ceremonies and life of Padre Pio. Here Paola Russo with the daily news.
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  • San Giovanni Rotondo was the home of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina from 28 July 1916 until his death on 23 September 1968. The Padre Pio Pilgrimage Church was built By the Italian architect Renzo Piano and dedicated on 1 July 2004.
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  • Presicce. The main church (Chiesa Madre).
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  • Castrì di Lecce, Le Saittole . The farm Elena Georgopulos raises more than 100 hectares of olive trees and produce extra virgin olive oil bringing together environmental respect with the innovative methodologies.
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  • Giurdignano, Salento. Trapitello underground oil mill (XVIth).  The underground oil mills (once called underground trappeti because they were 5-6 metres deep) were dug into the rock. They are evidence of the rural economy around the year 1500 and they show the difficult life of the countryside people of those times. Inside the mill there was enough space to take the olives which were then crushed. There was a tank 70 cm high and 350 x 370 cm of diameter where the olives were put, in the centre of which there were two heavy rock turning wheels, 170x180cm high. These were rotated by animals, usually mules or donkeys, which were blindfolded to stop them getting dizzy from the incessant turning.
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  • Giurdignano, Salento. Trapitello underground oil mill (XVIth).  The underground oil mills (once called underground trappeti because they were 5-6 metres deep) were dug into the rock. They are evidence of the rural economy around the year 1500 and they show the difficult life of the countryside people of those times. Inside the mill there was enough space to take the olives which were then crushed. There was a tank 70 cm high and 350 x 370 cm of diameter where the olives were put, in the centre of which there were two heavy rock turning wheels, 170x180cm high. These were rotated by animals, usually mules or donkeys, which were blindfolded to stop them getting dizzy from the incessant turning.
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  • Caprarica, Salento.  Pantaleo Greco on his family underground oil mill. Their farm produce extra virgin olive oil bringing together environmental respect with the innovative methodologies.The underground oil mills (once called underground trappeti because they were 5-6 metres deep) were dug into the rock. They are evidence of the rural economy around the year 1500 and they show the difficult life of the countryside people of those times. Inside the mill there was enough space to take the olives which were then crushed. There was a tank 70 cm high and 350 x 370 cm of diameter where the olives were put, in the centre of which there were two heavy rock turning wheels, 170x180cm high. These were rotated by animals, usually mules or donkeys, which were blindfolded to stop them getting dizzy from the incessant turning.
    em7123119.jpg
  • Caprarica, Salento.  The underground oil mills (once called underground trappeti because they were 5-6 metres deep) were dug into the rock. They are evidence of the rural economy around the year 1500 and they show the difficult life of the countryside people of those times. Inside the mill there was enough space to take the olives which were then crushed. There was a tank 70 cm high and 350 x 370 cm of diameter where the olives were put, in the centre of which there were two heavy rock turning wheels, 170x180cm high. These were rotated by animals, usually mules or donkeys, which were blindfolded to stop them getting dizzy from the incessant turning.
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  • Vitigliano, Salento. A modern dolmen (2005, 2005,  Virgilio Pozzoleo) commemorating the popular theatre's actor Carmelo Bene, born in Salento. Salento still preserves megalithic monuments belonging to the bronze age (about 1800 bc.).
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  • Giurdignano, Salento. Menhirs Garden, St Paul's menhir with a altar with religious paintings of St Paul and a Spyder symbolising the local tarantism cult), a real syncretic image of the popular region of Salento, that still preserves megalithic monuments belonging to the bronze age (about 1800 bc.).
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  • Giurdignano, Salento. Menhir Vicinanze 2 in the "Menhir Garden." Probably many menhir have been recyclated in Christian times but Salento still preserves many megalithic monuments.
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  • Giurdignano, Salento. Menhir Vicinanze 2 in the "Menhir Garden." Probably many menhir have been recyclated in Christian times but Salento still preserves many megalithic monuments.
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  • San Giovanni Rotondo was the home of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina from 28 July 1916 until his death on 23 September 1968. Michael Cialella, once Santa Claus in USA, in a ceremony.
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  • San Giovanni Rotondo. Restaurant near the Sanctuary.
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  • Ostuni, the old town. On the top of the hill the Purgatorio church (left) and the cathedral (right). The so-called "Old Town" is Ostuni's citadel built on top of a hill and still fortified by the ancient walls. Ostuni is regarded as an architectural jewel, and is commonly referred to as "the White Town" ("La Città Bianca", in Italian) for its white walls and its typically white-painted architecture.
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  • San Giovanni Rotondo was the home of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina from 28 July 1916 until his death on 23 September 1968.
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  • Ostuni. The so-called "Old Town" is Ostuni's citadel built on top of a hill and still fortified by the ancient walls. Ostuni is regarded as an architectural jewel, and is commonly referred to as "the White Town" ("La Città Bianca", in Italian) for its white walls and its typically white-painted architecture.
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  • Ostuni. The so-called "Old Town" is Ostuni's citadel built on top of a hill and still fortified by the ancient walls. This old mansion is now the charming Relais Hotel La Sommità. Ostuni is regarded as an architectural jewel, and is commonly referred to as "the White Town" ("La Città Bianca", in Italian) for its white walls and its typically white-painted architecture.
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  • Ostuni. Bishop's Palace built around 1560 with a bridge connecting the palace to the cloisters of the cathedral.
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  • Ostuni. The so-called "Old Town" is Ostuni's citadel built on top of a hill and still fortified by the ancient walls. Ostuni is regarded as an architectural jewel, and is commonly referred to as "the White Town" ("La Città Bianca", in Italian) for its white walls and its typically white-painted architecture.
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  • Ostuni, the old town. The houses build on the ancient walls and towers. The so-called "Old Town" is Ostuni's citadel built on top of a hill and still fortified by the ancient walls. Ostuni is regarded as an architectural jewel, and is commonly referred to as "the White Town" ("La Città Bianca", in Italian) for its white walls and its typically white-painted architecture.
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  • Martina Franca.
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  • Martina Franca. Nella Acquavuva, the most famous embroiderer of the town on his shop of Roma square.
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  • Martina Franca, Roma square with the fountain in front of the Ducal Palace.
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  • Martina Franca, Roma square with the fountain in front of the Ducal Palace.
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  • Martina Franca, Arco di Santo Spirito or Santo Stefano gate (1764) is the entrabce to the Baroque town. At right the Ducal Palace (1668) built over the old Orsini's castle.
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  • Martina Franca, Arco di Santo Spirito or Santo Stefano gate (1764) is the entrance to the Baroque town.
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  • Martina Franca, Arco di Santo Spirito or Santo Stefano gate (1764) is the entrance to the Baroque town.
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  • Martina Franca. Night life near Palazzo Recupero.
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  • Martina Franca, Palazzo Stabile. The town has a particularly beautiful old town surrounded by stone walls with prominent Baroque gates leading to piazzas and narrow, winding streets.
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  • Martina Franca. Palazzo Marino-Motolese.The town has a particularly beautiful old town surrounded by stone walls with prominent Baroque gates leading to piazzas and narrow, winding streets.
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  • Martina Franca. San Domenico cloister, near the San Domenico church.
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  • Martina Franca, church of San Martino (1747). Symbol of the Rococo of Martina Franca  is the last of three successive buildings and was designed by John Mariani. On the facade, 37 meters high, stands the high relief of St. Martin cutting the cape.
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  • Martina Franca, Piazza Plebiscito. View form San Martino church of the University Palace, once seat of the local parliament granted in 1478 by Ferdinand of Aragon, king of Naples, to the city. Currently the University Palace is occupied by Artisan Society, an association of mutual aid inspired by Mazzini, founded in 1888.
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  • Martina Franca, Piazza Maria 'Immacolata, <br />
built in 1854 as a public space to accommodate 13 arches under the stalls of traders. In the back the church of San Martino (1747). Symbol of the Rococo of Martina Franca.
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  • Martina Franca. The Lama is the most picturesque corner of the historic center, near the ancient walls. This urban space has taken on the dimensions of a beautiful natural amphitheater characterized by a spontaneous architecture of huts, walkways and ladders, who  fit together with each other in an endless game.
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  • Martina Franca. The Lama is the most picturesque corner of the historic center, near the ancient walls. This urban space has taken on the dimensions of a beautiful natural amphitheater characterized by a spontaneous architecture of huts, walkways and ladders, who  fit together with each other in an endless game.
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  • Cisternino, Capece Tower is one of the last existing town's towers. The architecture is typical of the region with an old Centro Storico (Historical Centre) containing white washed, stone buildings with cool, shaded, cave-like interiors, narrow streets and churches. The town also features several community squares,. The architecture is typical of the region with an old Centro Storico (Historical Centre) containing white washed, stone buildings with cool, shaded, cave-like interiors, narrow streets and churches. The town also features several community squares,
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  • Locorotondo. The city is known for its circular structure which is now a historical center, from which derives its name, which means "Round place". In the back the Mother Church of "St. George the Martyr". Locorotondo is located in south-east Murgia, deep in the Itria Valley, dotted with white prehistoric roundhouses called trulli.
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  • Locorotondo. The city is known for its circular structure which is now a historical center, from which derives its name, which means "Round place".The church's square is the most important of the Historical centre.
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  • Locorotondo. The city is known for its circular structure which is now a historical center, from which derives its name, which means "Round place".
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  • Locorotondo. The city is known for its circular structure which is now a historical center, from which derives its name, which means "Round place". The beauty of the historic centre is also represented by a labyrinth of white alleys and houses topped with unusual pitched roofs called "cummerse", typical of the historical centre of Locorotondo.
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  • Locorotondo. The city is known for its circular structure which is now a historical center, from which derives its name, which means "Round place". In the back the Mother Church of "St. George the Martyr". Locorotondo is located in south-east Murgia, deep in the Itria Valley, dotted with white prehistoric roundhouses called trulli.
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  • San Giovanni Rotondo was the home of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina from 28 July 1916 until his death on 23 September 1968. The olive trees synbolise the Jerusalem's Getzemani.
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  • San Giovanni Rotondo was the home of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina from 28 July 1916 until his death on 23 September 1968. The Padre Pio Pilgrimage Church was built By the Italian architect Renzo Piano and dedicated on 1 July 2004. The olive trees synbolise the Jerusalem's Getzemani.
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