Monday, September 17, 2018

Lecce

 

Lecce /ˈlɛ/[4] (Italian: [ˈlettʃe] (About this soundlisten)locally [ˈlɛttʃe]SalentinoLècceGrikoLuppìuLatinLupiaeAncient GreekΛουπίαιromanizedLoupíai[5]) is a historic city of 95,766 inhabitants (2015) in southern Italy, the capital of the province of Lecce, the second province in the region by population, as well as one of the most important cities of Apulia. It is the main city of the Salentine Peninsula, a sub-peninsula at the heel of the Italian Peninsula and is over 2,000 years old.

Because of the rich Baroque architectural monuments found in the city, Lecce is commonly nicknamed "The Florence of the South".[6] The city also has a long traditional affinity with Greek culture going back to its foundation; the Messapians who founded the city are said to have been Cretans in Greek records.[7] 
























Friday, September 14, 2018

Isole Tremiti

 

The Isole Tremiti, also called "Isole Diomedee" (Diomedes's Islands, from Greek Diomèdee, Διομήδεες) are an archipelago in the Adriatic Sea, north of the Gargano Peninsula. They constitute a "comune" of Italy's Province of Foggia and form part of the Gargano national park.

The islands were used for the internment of political prisoners during Benito Mussolini's Fascist regime.[3] But it was also the prison of Julia the Younger, the granddaughter of Augustus and, in 780, the prison of Paul the Deacon at the behest of Charlemagne.













Isole Borromee