Apulia - Map guide

History - Art - Nature - Environment - Traditions - Flavors

Puglia, or the heart of the Mediterranean. An indisputable role favored by its nature as a bridge to the East and to distant civilizations which has made it, since ancient times, a land of primary and decisive importance in Italian and Mediterranean history, a crossroads for the flow of civilizations and cultures from which it fully invested.

Puglia, today as and more than then, a land of encounter and exchange open to the East and the West, a frontier land in which cultures, ethnic groups and languages dissolve and blend in an ancient civilization, the Mediterranean one , of which the region has long since returned to be the first spokesperson. Regaining this ancient and fundamental role means looking to the future, opening up to the necessary transcultural reality arriving in preparation for the major European and international events.

Strengthened by this role, Puglia intends to propose itself beyond the hasty passage or the seasonal stop; not only, therefore, as a land of sea and sun, but also as a cradle of civilization and guardian of priceless treasures. Traveling in Puglia means having the possibility of finding signs and monuments from every era; an ideal trip for those who love art, history and the testimonies of past civilizations that have crossed numerous in Puglia. Those cultures of East and West that have shaped the identity and face of the Apulian civilization over the centuries, a crossroads between two worlds. Ancient roots that constitute the strength of a very modern planning, firmly anchored to the Mediterranean and already reaching out towards Europe.

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