Theatro delle Citta d'Italia

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[Padua]: Francesco Bertelli

The region of Puglia occupies the heel of Italy’s ‘boot’ and the seaside town of Gallipoli is situated on the west coast of the Salento peninsula, looking out onto the Ionian Sea. The old medieval town was built on a limestone island which is about one and a half kilometres wide and is linked to the mainland by a 16th century arched bridge. Sharing its name with the more famous Gallipoli in Turkey, the Italian Gallipoli, which means ‘beautiful town’, was once a bustling olive oil market but now has an economy based on fishing and tourism.