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一時的に交通が遮断されているため、自転車でより良く楽しむことができます

A suggestive panoramic point from which to admire the Aragonese Castle, the navigable canal and the Swing Bridge

A MUST visit!

Taranto's old town lies on an island between the Mare Piccolo and Mare Grande, connected to the mainland by only two bridges. Many people here still make their living from fishing and the oyster beds of the Mare Piccolo. The sea is present everywhere, even in the paintings of street artists.

There are many ceramics workshops in the immediate vicinity. Despite the similarity in the motifs, the workshops usually have their own unique style. Today—off-season—the neighborhood was very quiet, and some shopkeepers took the time to explain some of the special features to us. It's worth stopping by the shops; you'll probably find something beautiful to take home.

iconic place of taranto, the navigable canal, with the aragonese castle, the swing bridge and the monument to the sailor

The asphalt of the coastal road is in very bad condition in places and you have to keep a close eye on it to avoid ending up in a pothole, but it's still fun, especially because there is almost no traffic, at least in winter. Short sections have been given new asphalt 👍

COLIMENA TOWER The Colimena cove was chosen as the highest lookout point by the engineer Giovanni Maria Tommaso Scala, responsible for designing new watchtowers. A small tower already existed, but for economic reasons, it was decided to preserve it and incorporate it into the base of the new one, completed in 1570. From that moment on, Torre Colimena represented a fully-fledged defense structure, with its harquebusiers, machicolations and falconate and access regulated by retractable ladders. Its garrison was entrusted to a tower keeper with the rank of corporal, accompanied by companeros with whom he monitored the horizon to promptly warn of the arrival of the enemy with alarm signals (smoke during the day, fires at night, shots from stone cannons and the sounds of the trumpet). Once the Turkish danger had subsided, in 1730, the tower passed into the custody of Giulio Briganti; in 1777 to that of the soldiers of the Invalid Regiment; in 1820 to the Customs Guards and then went through a period of abandonment, until it was entrusted in 1877 to a Brigade