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Introduzione

Puglia is the heel of Italy's boot. For centuries it was a strategic province, colonised, invaded and conquered by just about every major power, from the Greeks through to the Spanish. Today, the region stands out architecturally from the classical, Romanesque, burlesque and Gothic styles to be found elsewhere in Italy. Puglia (Apulia), rarely visited by English-speaking travelers, is Italy's elegant stiletto heel. The southern reaches of the Salentine Peninsula are virtually surrounded by the immemorial waters of the Adriatic on the east, the Ionian Sea to the south east, and the Gulf of Taranto, across which lies the Region of Calabria. In the mountainous north, Puglia is bordered, in clockwise fashion, by Basilicata, Campania, and Molise. Albania is a mere 80 kilometers (50 miles) across the Adriatic.

While the official language is standard Italian, among themselves people in different areas will speak dialects not heard elsewhere. In the north, a version of Neapolitan Italian, in the far south, a Sicilian variation, elsewhere dialects that are heavily Greek or Albanian in flavor. Puglia offers tourists more than 800 km of coastline, surrounded by vast expanses of wheat fields, gardens, olive groves and vineyards, all flourishing under the glorious Mediterranean sun.

History and Culture

Originally settled by early italic tribes, Puglia was colonized by the Greeks during the 5th and 6th centuries BC. However, as with the rest of southern Italy, it was subjugated by the Romans in the 3rd and 4th centuries BC. The Goths, then the Lombards held sway in their turn, followed by the Byzantines, then the Normans.

For a time, the Puglian City of Melfi was the capital of the Norman territories, but when Robert Guiscard conquered Sicily to establish the Kingdom of Sicily, with Palermo as its capital, Puglia fell into provincial status, a status it retained when the Kingdom of Sicily transmogrified into the Kingdom of Naples.

Ultimately, during the 12th and early 13th centuries, Puglia was absorbed by the Holy Roman Empire. Then the Turks, and Venetians had their turn. Finally, Puglia was incorporated into the modern state of Italy, in 1861.

Places in the Region of Puglia

As you explore Puglia's cities and towns, and outlying areas, you will encounter Greek and Roman ruins, paleo-christian ruins, and public and ecclesiastical buildings done in every major style from Romanesque, to Gothic to Renaissance. You will even encounter a local architectural style called “barocco leccese”, a fanciful, almost hyperbolistic strain of the Baroque, found in Lecce and other towns and cities.

In Puglia, and no where else, you will also find a very peculiar type of building - the trullo - a beehive-shaped, whitewashed, mortarless structure made of stone, usually used as barns in farming areas within the Val d'Itria, but also used as housing in fairly large-scale communities. The original Trulli date back hundreds, if not thousands of years. Alberobello's old town is one of the best places to see trulli, and is a great draw for tourists. Today, many of the trulli have been turned into shops to cater for every tourist whim. You can however, arrange to see inside houses that are still lived in. Each house starts off with just one or two domes, then as the family grows, so do the number of domes; an ideal way to expand a family home. Walls of a trullo can be up to 2m (6.56ft) thick, and no two trulli are the same, each is built individually by hand.

Bari, the capital city of Puglia, welcomes you with its extraordinary heritage of art, enclosed within the labyrinth of the streets of the old city. The most important of Bari's monuments is the basilica of Saint Nicolas, an outstanding example of Romanesque architecture which served as a model for many cathedrals in the region.

Near the coast of Brindisi arises the white expanse of Ostuni, high on a ridge, looking out over an infinite green carpet of olive trees. Today a famous tourist center, it possesses an incredible heritage of baroque palaces nestled within a weave of white houses. Even further south, we find the ancient town of Lecce, often called “Florence of the South” for the incomparable beauty of its churches and monuments.

From Lecce begins magical Salento, the heel of the boot of Italy, a remote area containing unique landscapes and traditions, and a unique and distinctive dialect, “Griko”, a language very similar to ancient Greek.

The city of Otranto, is the easternmost city in Italy, protected by the powerful Aragonese castle and overlooking an emerald sea. On the Ionic Sea, we see Gallipoli, the Greek Kallipolis (beautiful city), constructed on an island and connected to the mainland by bridge. Another true pearl is Nard, with a piazza considered to be the most beautiful in Salento.

The fifth major town in Puglia is Taranto, on the Ionic coast. Taranto was the most powerful of the ancient Greek colonies in Italy. The city is worth a visit for the National Archeological Museum, a rich collection of the ancient art of Magna Grecia. North of Taranto is one of the most unusual landscapes in Italy: the ravines. These are canyons with limestone walls which since medieval times have provided shelter for dozens of rocky settlements. Today you can visit these homes and churches made of rock, festooned with ancient frescoes. The best-known city in this area is Massafra, but Laterza, Castellaneta and Ginosa are also spectacular.

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St. Orontius - August 24-26 - Lecce
Lecce celebrates its patron saint, St Oronzo, from the 24th to the 26th of August. On this occasion the town puts on its Sunday best: processions, illuminations and fireworks.

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Hotels in Puglia
Hotel L'Abbate Single room - Von 73€ Double room - Von 103€ Besuchen sie die homepage des hotels
Park Hotel Bocci Single room - Von 42€ Twin room - Von 68€ Triple room - Von 93€ Besuchen sie die homepage des hotels
Hotel Villaggio Nemo Single room - Von 45€ Double room - Von 45€ Besuchen sie die homepage des hotels
Aurora Doppia uso singola - Von 50€ Twin room - Von 60€ Triple room - Von 80€ Besuchen sie die homepage des hotels
Hotel Leon Single room - Von 48€ Twin room - Von 69€ Triple room - Von 89€ Besuchen sie die homepage des hotels
Vico del Sole Double room - Von 55€ Quadruple room - Von 100€ Besuchen sie die homepage des hotels
Hotel Citta' Bianca Single room - Von 45€ Double room - Von 70€ Triple room - Von 94.5€ Besuchen sie die homepage des hotels
Lo Scalo Double room - Von 180€ Quadruple room - Von 85€ Besuchen sie die homepage des hotels
Cavallino Apartment - Von 60€ Apartment - Von 80€ Apartment - Von 90€ Besuchen sie die homepage des hotels
Hotel Villa Single room - Von 55€ Double executive - Von 98€ Besuchen sie die homepage des hotels
La Cisura Double room - Von 40€ Apartment - Von 50€ Besuchen sie die homepage des hotels
Villa Rodogallo Double room - Von 100€ Suite - Von 130€ Suite - Von 150€ Besuchen sie die homepage des hotels
Mirage Twin room - Von 65€ Family - Von 120€ Besuchen sie die homepage des hotels
Hotel Baia Dei Trabucchi Single room - Von 40€ Double room - Von 80€ Triple room - Von 110€ Besuchen sie die homepage des hotels
Sosta a levante Double room - Von 60€ Besuchen sie die homepage des hotels
Relais Le Jardin Logis D'italia Single room - Von 55€ Double room - Von 80€ Besuchen sie die homepage des hotels
Villa Delle Palme Twin room - Von 56€ Triple room - Von 78€ Besuchen sie die homepage des hotels
Arca Hotel Suite - Von 85€ Triple room - Von 83€ Quadruple room - Von 103€ Besuchen sie die homepage des hotels
La Piazzetta Apartment - Von 30€ Apartment - Von 45€ Apartment - Von 60€ Besuchen sie die homepage des hotels
Villino Turchese Apartment - Von 50€ Besuchen sie die homepage des hotels
La Corte Double room - Von 60€ Besuchen sie die homepage des hotels
Hotel Magnolia Double room - Von 84€ Besuchen sie die homepage des hotels
Centro Storico Lecce Suite Astore - Von 80€ Besuchen sie die homepage des hotels
Parco delle Querce Single room - Von 58€ Double room - Von 90€ Triple room - Von 120€ Besuchen sie die homepage des hotels
De Nittis Single room - Von 40€ Double room - Von 55€ Triple room - Von 65€ Besuchen sie die homepage des hotels
Hotel Fini Double room - Von 50€ Triple room - Von 65€ Quadruple room - Von 80€ Besuchen sie die homepage des hotels
Hotel Palazzo del Corso Single room - Von 130€ Double room - Von 155€ Besuchen sie die homepage des hotels
Masseria Refrigerio Single room - Von 50€ Double room - Von 70€ Triple room - Von 80€ Besuchen sie die homepage des hotels
Masseria L'Ovile Single room - Von 40€ Double room - Von 70€ Besuchen sie die homepage des hotels
Piazza Sant' Oronzo Twin room - Von 70€ Family Rooms - Von 100€ Besuchen sie die homepage des hotels
Palazzo Rollo Twin room - Von 75€ Besuchen sie die homepage des hotels
Casa dei Mercanti Apartment - Von 55€ Apartment - Von 70€ Superior Suite - Von 110€ Besuchen sie die homepage des hotels
Tenuta Don Raffaele Twin room - Von 50€ Besuchen sie die homepage des hotels
Costa Single room - Von 35€ Double room - Von 60€ Triple room - Von 70€ Besuchen sie die homepage des hotels
Sigismondo Castromediano Double room - Von 50€ Quadruple room - Von 70€ Besuchen sie die homepage des hotels
Atlantide Apartment - Von 60€ Besuchen sie die homepage des hotels
La Scisa Apartment - Von 70€ Besuchen sie die homepage des hotels
Lecce Salento Single room - Von 45€ Double room - Von 68€ Triple room - Von 85€ Besuchen sie die homepage des hotels
Mammasisi Single room - Von 40€ Double room - Von 65€ Twin room - Von 65€ Besuchen sie die homepage des hotels
Azzurretta Doppia uso singola - Von 40€ Twin room - Von 60€ Triple room - Von 75€ Besuchen sie die homepage des hotels
Corte Altavilla Suite - Von 125€ Besuchen sie die homepage des hotels
Sant' Eligio Relais Single room - Von 95€ Twin room - Von 130€ Triple room - Von 160€ Besuchen sie die homepage des hotels
Hotel Hermitage Single room - Von 72€ Deluxe Suite - Von 190€ Besuchen sie die homepage des hotels
Stille Salento Double room - Von 65€ Besuchen sie die homepage des hotels
Hotel Salsello Single room - Von 50€ Double room - Von 70€ Besuchen sie die homepage des hotels
Hotel Sierra Silvana Single room - Von 50€ Double room - Von 80€ Triple room - Von 110€ Besuchen sie die homepage des hotels