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Apulia is light, fragrances, the sea. Apulia is colour. Apulia is
history.
Apulia is a bridge towards Asia and Africa, the place where, though
it is firmly anchored to Europe, you can perceive the Mediterranean
in all its different aspects.
Apulia is the mysterious caves of the Gargano, the sun-drenched
fields of the Tavoliere, the stony pastures of the western Murgia,
the silver olive groves and the vineyards turning from green to
yellow to rusty red, the almond and cherry trees, the Salento enclosed
between the Adriatic and Ionian seas.
Apulia can be, at the same time, both gentle and harsh, full of
light and twisted, poor and generous - without ever contradicting
itself.
Apulia is a hospitable land. The Messapians, Greeks, Romans, Ostrogoths,
Byzantines, Saracens, Normans, Swabians, French, Spanish and many
others have travelled through, discovered, conquered, lived in and
loved this land. In Apulia, mankind feels at home.
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