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Lecce is a city in southern Italy and capital of the province of Lecce, with the second-highest population in the Apulia region. It is on the Salentine Peninsula, at the heel of the Italian Peninsula, and is over two thousand years old.
Because of its rich Baroque architecture, Lecce is nicknamed "The Florence of the South".
A classic old "Fiat 500" in the small town Calimera, in "Grecia Salentina" area of the Salento peninsula, Apulia - Italy.
“Sono fatta di sogni e di mare.
Vivo di attimi che conservo e accarezzo di nascosto.
Mi piace viaggiare nelle emozioni.
Ho perso molti treni.
Ma quelli più importanti li ho guidati.
Adoro la compagnia, se è quella giusta.
Ma ho un debole per la solitudine, se il rumore è troppo.
Quando ho bisogno di una parola, ascolto il silenzio.
È la voce di ciò che ho dentro.”
Angelo De Pascalis
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.
@Wikipedia