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Stunning and relaxing landscape, excellent for going as a couple to have a bit of relaxation. Very green and excellent to visit

Stunning and relaxing landscape, excellent for going as a couple to have a relaxing time. Very green and excellent to visit

San Marzano di San Giuseppe (Shën Marcani in arbërisht, AFI: [ar'bəreʃ], Sa'Mmarzanu in Salento dialect) is an Italian municipality of 8,862 inhabitants[1] in the province of Taranto in Puglia. San Marzano di San Giuseppe, together with Casalvecchio di Puglia (Albanian: Kazallveqi) and Chieuti (Albanian: Qefti), is an ancient Albanian center (arbëresh) in the region, founded at the end of the 15th century. By number of citizens, today it is the largest of the Albanian colonies in Italy[4]. Its inhabitants have preserved the memory of their ancestors over the centuries and retain the use of the Albanian mother tongue (gjuha mëmë arbëreshe), remaining the only one among the 14 towns founded or re-founded by the Albanians of the province[5][6] to retain customs and customs of the country of origin[7]. The Byzantine, or Greek-Catholic, rite, typical of the Italian-Albanian community, became extinct in past centuries due to neighboring ecclesiastical pressures.

Disused quarry between Faggiano and the hamlet of San Crispieri, where calcarenite was extracted, a sedimentary rock composed of calcite granules very common in the Taranto area and Salento. You walk immersed in a suggestive and disturbing panorama, among the abandoned buildings of the quarry.

Roccaforzata is the smallest municipality in the province of Taranto by resident population. It stands on a hill, the highest in the Serra di Sant'Elia, at an altitude of 145 metres. It has medieval origins and was inhabited by Albanian followers of Scanderbeg in the fifteenth century. Its name derives from the rock position that made it impregnable, and from the small Monte della Croce Park, just outside the town, you can enjoy the panorama towards the Gulf of Taranto.

Faggiano is a town in the province of Taranto that has been twinned with Bethlehem since 2017 and is famous for the living nativity scene that takes place every year on the hills around the town. The Mother Church of Faggiano is dedicated to Santa Maria Assunta and dates back to the 17th century. It has a Baroque facade with a stone portal and a bell gable.

The castle of San Giorgio Ionico is a recently built building commissioned by the D'Ayala-Valva counts in the 20th century and built on a hill overlooking the town. It is not a real medieval castle, but a stately residence with towers and battlements, still owned by the D'Ayala-Valva family. The castle cannot be visited and is surrounded by a park with secular trees and a chapel dedicated to the Madonna della Croce.

The church above is of recent construction and houses the simulacrum of the Madonna delle Grazie, probably made in 1800.