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Basilica di San Nicola

The 11th-century Basilica di San Nicola, overlooking the sea in the città vecchia, houses the bones of St. Nicholas, the inspiration for Santa...

Cattedrale

The stunning, pinkish-white 11th-century cathedral, considered one of the finest in Puglia, is built on a spit of land jutting into the sea...

Castel del Monte

Crowning an isolated hill 1,778 feet above sea level in the heart of the Alta Murgia national park, this enigmatic octagonal fortress, built...

MarTA‒Museo Archeologico Nazionale Taranto

Taranto's outstanding National Archaeological Museum (the MarTA) occupies the historic premises of the ex-monastery of San Pasquale. The museum...

Duomo

Lecce's magnificent Duomo of Santa Maria Assunta never fails to take visitors by surprise. The sheer theatricality of its position, dominating...

Sassi di Matera

Matera's Sassi are rock-hewn dwellings piled chaotically atop one another, strewn across the sides of a steep ravine. Some date from Paleolithic...

Duomo

Matera's splendidly restored cathedral, dedicated to the Madonna della Bruna e di Sant'Eustachio, was built in the late 13th century and occupies...

Museo e Parco Archeologico Nazionale di Capo Colonna

Il Santuario di Hera Lacinia—Sanctuary of Hera Lacinia—was once one of the most important shrines of Magna Graecia. Only one column still remains...

Museo Nazionale della Magna Grecia

Reggio Calabria is home to one of southern Italy's most important archaeological museums. Its prize exhibit, of course, is the two ancient-Greek...

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