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CASTLE OF TARANTO
Built in 1492 on the ruins of a previous Byzantine fortification, for Ferdinand of Aragon, the castle of Taranto, designed above all to defend the city against sea-borne raids, owes its design to the famous military architects Francesco di Giorgio Ma...
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CATHEDRAL OF S. CATALDO IN TARANTO
Erected around 1071 on the remains of a previous church, the lovely cathedral of Taranto is one of the oldest Romanesque churches in Puglia. Dedicated to S. Cataldo - Bishop of Rachan, in Ireland, who died in Taranto probably in the seventh century A...
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PERIPATO GARDENS OF TARANTO
At the centre of the old town, facing on to the blue Mar Piccolo, lie the Peripato public gardens, the green heart of Taranto. Inaugurated in 1863, when the family of the marquises De Beaumont Bonelli created a luxuriant park around their own villa, ...
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PROMENADE OF TARANTO
Commonly known as "la Ringhiera" (the Railings), the splendid Vittorio Emanuele III promenade, the pride of new Taranto, offers one of the most fascinating views in the region. Tall palms, imposing pines and oleanders stretch between the Mar Grande a...
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ROTATING BRIDGE OF TARANTO
Linking the old and the new town, the Rotating Bridge, an admirable work of naval engineering stretching towards the Navigable Canal, today is the symbol of Taranto
. Built in 1887, then completely rebuilt in 1958 and dedicated to St. Francis of Paol...
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TEMPLE OF POSEIDON IN TARANTO
In splendid Piazza Castello, in the heart of the old part of the city, the remains can still be seen of a grandiose sixth-century BC place of worship, a temple among the oldest in the Magna Graecia, dating from the first phase of the ancient Spartan ...
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CHURCH OF S. DOMENICO IN TARANTO
Said to have been built around the eleventh, but more probably erected in the fourteenth century on the previous Byzantine church of S. Pietro Imperiale, the majestic Church of S. Domenico Maggiore towers in the medieval centre of the city of Taranto...
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JOINT CATHEDRAL OF TARANTO
Designed by the Milan architect Giò Ponti, one of the main exponents of twentieth-century Italian architecture, the joint cathedral of Taranto, dedicated to the Great Mother of God and standing on the corner of the wide Viale Magna Grecia and Via Dan...
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GASTRONOMY OF TARANTO
An admirable synthesis of sea and country food, the gastronomy of Taranto boasts simple, but tasty specialties with decisive flavours. The unchallenged protagonists of the local culinary tradition are fish: the sea hereabouts, rich and generous, offe...
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NATIONAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM OF TARANTO
The National Archaeological Museum of Taranto, inaugurated in 1887 and housed in the rooms of the eighteenth-century ex-monastery of S. Pasquale of Baylon, contains one of the most important archaeological and artistic collections in southern Italy. ...
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ARISTOCRATIC BUILDINGS OF TARANTO
The fine architectonic heritage of Taranto boasts some fine aristocratic buildings, for the most part erected in the eighteenth century, their gracefulness embellishing the old city centre. Facing the sea, in the corner of the city once inhabited by ...
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