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September in Puglia (Week 4 - Galatina to Herculaneum)

October 25th 2014
Sunday, 21 September – Galatina - Otranto Southern Puglia is quite narrow; its width between Taranto on the Ionian Sea and Brindisi on the Adriatic Sea is less than 75 km (about 45 miles). The peninsular narrows to a point at the sanctuary at Santa Maria di Leuca, the southernmost point on the Italian heel. Distances between towns are short and we drive slow or stop at many of the small ... read more

Europe » Italy » Apulia » Otranto

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

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