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Pulsano, Taranto, Martina Franca, and Grottaglie

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October 22nd 2005
Pulsano, Taranto, Martina Franca, and Grottaglie October 22, 2005 Hello! How are you all doing? So I’ve had a very eventful week. On Monday I went to an AFS Orientation in Pulsano, a town on the sea, nearby Taranto. The bus trip wasn’t too bad. We started in Irsina, stopped in Gravina, then in Matera, and then went to Taranto. In Taranto we met all the other ... read more

Europe » Italy

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more