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Apulia (Puglia in Italian) is in the South<\/strong> and it is the easternmost region of Italy, nicknamed “the boot heel”<\/strong> because of its particular shape that divides the Adriatic Sea from the Ionian Sea.<\/p>\n

Griko community in Salento.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Bari<\/strong> is the regional capital. The other provinces are Barletta-Andria-Trani,<\/strong> Brindisi, Foggia, Lecce and Taranto.<\/strong>
\nBari<\/strong> is a modern city, where Fiera del Levante is taking place every year, but it is also a town full of history as shown by the Church of St. Nicholas<\/strong> dating back to the Romanesque period, by the rock churches<\/strong> like Santa Candida and in general by the whole area of “Old Bari <\/span>“.
\n<\/span><\/span>
\nFurther beautiful places to visit are Trani<\/strong>, Bisceglie, Barletta<\/strong> or the\u00a0famous thermal baths<\/span><\/span> in Margherita di Savoia<\/strong>.
\n<\/span>Going South not to be messed Ostuni<\/strong> named “the white Ostuni<\/strong>” because of its white houses, the sunny Brindisi<\/strong> and Taranto<\/strong> on the Ionian Sea, an important center of Greek civilization that today houses the Museo Archeologico Nazionale<\/strong> (MARTA).
\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Lecce<\/strong> has been Italian Capital of Culture in 2015<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITES IN\u00a0PUGLIA<\/u><\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/u><\/strong>The Trulli of Alberobello (1996) – Bari
\nCastel del Monte (1996) – Andria – see more >>><\/a>
\nLongobards in Italy. Places of the Power (568-774 A.D.): Sanctuary of San Michele in Monte Sant\u2019Angelo (FG)
\nCastel Fiorentino in Torremaggiore (2017)<\/p>\n

ART TOWNS IN\u00a0PUGLIA<\/u><\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/u><\/strong>Bari
\nLecce<\/p>\n

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL VILLAGES OF ITALY IN PUGLIA<\/u><\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/u><\/strong>In the Province of Foggia:<\/u>
\nAlberona
\nBovino
\nMonte Sant’Angelo
\nPietramontecorvino
\nRoseto Valfortore
\nVico del Gargano<\/p>\n

In the Province of Lecce:<\/u>
\nOtranto
\nPresicce – Acquarica
\nSpecchia<\/p>\n

In other provinces:
\n<\/u>Cisternino \u2013 in the Province of Brindisi
\nLocorotondo \u2013 in the Province of Bari
\nMaruggio –\u00a0 in the province of Taranto<\/p>\n

AUTHENTIC VILLAGES OF ITALY IN\u00a0PUGLIA<\/u><\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/u><\/strong>In the Province of Barletta-Andria-Trani:
\n<\/u>Minervino Murge
\nMontegrosso (Municipality of Adria)
\nTrinitapoli<\/p>\n

In the Province of Bari:
\n<\/u>Acquaviva delle Fonti
\nAltamura \u2013 centro storico
\nBitetto
\nCasamassima
\nCassano delle Murge
\nGAL Terre di Murgia
\nPoggiorsini
\nSannicandro di Bari
\nTuri<\/p>\n

In the Province of Foggia:
\n<\/u>Accadia
\nAlberona
\nAnzano di Puglia
\nApricena
\nBiccari
\nCandela
\nCasalnuovo Monterotaro
\nCasalvecchio di Puglia
\nCastelluccio Valmaggiore
\nCastelnuovo della Daunia
\nCelenza Valfortore
\nCelle San Vito
\nDeliceto
\nFaeto
\nIsole Tremiti
\nLucera
\nPeschici
\nRignano Garganico
\nRoseto Valfortore
\nSan Giovanni Rotondo
\nSan Marco in Lamis
\nSan Marco La Catola
\nSan Nicandro Garganico
\nVieste
\nVolturara Appula
\nVolturino<\/p>\n

In the Province of Lecce:<\/u>
\nAlessano
\nAlezio
\nAradeo
\nBorgagne – portion of Melendugno
\nCampi Salentina
\nCannole
\nCastrignano del Capo
\nCastro
\nCollepasso
\nCopertino
\nCorigliano d\u2019Otranto
\nCorsano
\nGalatone
\nGallipoli
\nGrec\u00eca Salentina
\nLeverano
\nLizzanello
\nMartano
\nMatino
\nMelendugno
\nMelpignano
\nMinervino di Lecce
\nMontesano Salentino
\nMorciano di Leuca
\nNerviano
\nNociglia
\nPalmariggi
\nPat\u00f9
\nPoggiardo
\nRuffano
\nSalve
\nSan Cassiano
\nSecl\u00ec
\nSogliano Cavour
\nUnione dei Comuni Entroterra Idruntino
\nVernole<\/p>\n

In the Province of Taranto:
\n<\/u>Castellaneta
\nUnione dei Comuni delle Terre del Mare e del Sole<\/p>\n

FAI PROPERTIES IN\u00a0PUGLIA<\/u><\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/u><\/strong>Santa Maria Abbey in Cerrate (Lecce \u2013 2012)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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