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Palude del Capitano

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Palude del Capitano

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Please check local regulations for: Parco Naturale Regionale di Porto Selvaggio e Palude del Capitano

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    1. Palude del Capitano – Baia di Santa Maria loop from Alezio

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    September 7, 2021

    The pristine landscape captures the gaze and soothes the soul of visitors who find here an environment where peace and nature reign supreme.

    Without a doubt one of the most evocative places in Salento, the so-called Palude del Capitano located in the area of the Porto Selvaggio Regional Natural Park (in S. Isidoro di Nardò), offers visitors an enchanting scenery.
    Inside, lush vegetation with various plants now rare as well as evidence of prehistoric man.
    In recent years, following archaeological excavations, the remains of a Roman villa have been brought to light and an ancient ointment filled with silver coins was also found.
    In this site of Community interest there are several bodies of fresh water (due to the karst phenomenon of the collapse sinkholes, called spundulate in the local dialect) that gushes from the cold springs from the rock and mixes with the salty waters coming from small underground channels that from the nearby sea they join up to the swamp.


    solosalento.it/palude-del-capitano

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      July 23, 2022

      The swamp develops along the coast of Nereto and has a high value and naturalistic interest. One of the many beauties of this place are the "spunnulate", a very rare geological phenomenon in which a karst sinking creates a "lake" of fresh and salt water. These areas have given rise to a unique habitat rich in very interesting botanical and faunal species. In addition to this, among the paths of the Captain's Marsh you can come across beautiful Orchids, wild flowers and expanses of Salicornia, also called sea asparagus. The small bays that can be encountered along the way, enclose the beauty of this place to be discovered. 18meridianoescursioni.it/la-palude-del-capitano-e-le-spunnulate

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