Castello di Spaltenna
The Castello di Spaltenna is an ancient feudal hamlet has 30 rooms and 8 s ........
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Apulia Information
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Bari is the regional capital. Brindisi, Foggia, Lecce and Taranto are the capitals of the respective provinces
The Gargano area and the coastline from Brindisi to Santa Maria di Leuca; Alberobello with its typical "trulli" houses
Food Specialties of Apulia
Orecchiette con cime di rapa - ear-shaped pasta with broccoli raab
cavatelli alla rucola - fresh pasta dressed with olives, rocket and pecorino cheese
incapriata - thick soup of fava beans mashed with bitter chicory
tiella - with rice, potatoes & mussels
frisedda - a twice-baked ring-shaped bread with tomato salad
lampascioni - wild, bitter, onion like roots
ostriche alla tarantina - Taranto oysters breaded and baked with olive oil and parsley
seppie ripiene - small cuttlefish stuffed
Wines and wine regions of Apuliae
Whites: Castel del Monte, Galatina, Gioia del Colle, Gravina, Leverano, Lizzano, Locorotondo, Martina or Martina Franca, Moscato di Trani, Ostuni, Salice Salentino, San Severo
Reds: Aleatico di Puglia, Alezio, Brindisi, Cacc'e Mmitte di Lucera, Castel del Monte, Copertino, Galatina, Gioia del Colle, Leverano, Lizzano, Matino, Nardó, Orta Nova, Ostuni, Primitivo di Manduria, Rosso di Barletta, Rosso di Canosa or Canisium, Rosso di Cerignola, Salice Salentino, San Severo, Squinzano
Cultural Events & Festivals
Bari
SAGRA di San NICOLA
May 7
Historic procession in costume.
Taranto
PROCESSION of the MYSTERIES
Good Friday
Renowned for its costumes and solemnity.