Puglia

Apulia (Puglia in Italian) is a region in southeastern Italy. Set out on a journey to the "heel" of Italy, which washes the shores of the Adriatic Sea in the east and the Ionian in the southeast. Borders with Molise to the north, Cmapania to the west and Bascilicatic to the southwest. Its southern part is situated on a peninsula of Salento.

The region has an area of ​​19,366 km ², 4 million inhabitants and is divided into six provinces. The capital city is Bari (distance from the center is about 1,610 km), major port cities are Brindisi (international port) and Taranto, which played a role in the mediation of Greek culture to the Romans as early as 8 st.př.nl Do cultures significantly interfere Greeks, who founded the city today, but also Turks and Arabs with their raids. For the most artistically is considered Baroque Lecce, which is called the "Florence of the South" in the middle of the Salento peninsula. Another very interesting and unique place is the town of Alberobello with special round houses called "Trulli". Apulian architecture of the city has stone houses painted white, a typical example is the town of Ostuni.

Puglia is thanks to flat terrain in one of the most fertile regions in the south of Italy. It is the largest producer of olives and the area is growing more than 50 million olive trees. Only in the northern part of the region is mountainous Gargano Peninsula (the highest mountain Monte Calvo 1055 m) and the Tremiti Islands (Isole Tremiti). Reion southernmost point on the Salento peninsula is Cape Santa Maria di Leuca, which casts the Adriatic and the Ionian Sea.s