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Taranto cathedral

Taranto

is a coastal city in Apulia, Southern Italy.

 

It is the capital of the Province of Taranto, serving as an important commercial port as well as the main Italian naval base.

 

Founded by Spartans in the 8th century BC during the period of Greek colonisation, Taranto was among the most important in Magna Graecia, becoming a cultural, economic and military power that gave birth to philosophers, strategists, writers and athletes such as Archytas, Aristoxenus, Livius Andronicus, Heracleides, Iccus, Cleinias, Leonidas, Lysis and Sosibius.

 

By 500 BC, the city was among the largest in the world, with a population estimated up to 300,000 people.

 

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