BARLETTA

This impressive bronze statue about 5 metres high, legend has it it was stolen from Constantinople and on its way to Venice was shipwrecked on the Apulian beaches, unknown who it represents but it is stunning

ALBEROBELLO, BARI, BARLETTA, (PUGLIA ITALY)

October 9th 2022
I have to tell you how excited we are to be in Alberobello, what a great feel Alberobello has about it, a quaint little town up in the hills off the east coast of Italy! I have wanted to visit here for ages because of the Trullis, these white washed, coned shaped rock roof homes are just so extraordinary! We left Lecce at 11.15am for a Rome bound train with only about 4 stops to Rome, but Bari was ... read more

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