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	Taranto - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		This island separates the Gulf of Taranto from the deep inlet of the Mare Piccolo, and is sheltered by two other flat islands, San Pietro and San Paolo; the latter is occupied by a lighthouse.
		In 1861 the strategic importance of Taranto was recognized by the Italian government, and in 1864 a Naval Commission designated it as third maritime arsenal after Spezia and Venice.
		In 927 Taranto was entirely destroyed by the Saracens, but rebuilt in 967 by Nicephorus Phocas, to whom is due the construction of the bridge over the channel to the N.W. of the town, and of the aqueduct which passes over it.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Taranto (686 words)

	Taranto - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is the capital of Province of Taranto and is an important military and commercial port.
		Archytas of Tarentum, philosopher, mathematician, astronomer, statesman, strategist and commander-in-chief of the army of Taranto;
		Gil Cardinal Albornoz, archibishop of Taranto in 1644;
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Taranto (627 words)

	Taranto - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Taranto (ancient Tarentum), city and port, southern Italy, capital of Taranto Province, in Apulia Region, on the Gulf of Taranto.
		Taranto is a coastal city in Apulia, southern Italy.
		It is the capital of Province of Taranto and is an important military and commercial port.
	encarta.msn.com /Taranto.html (191 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Italy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		This is a chain that extends from the Sella di Conza to the Scalone Pass and is bounded by the Sele River, the Ofanto with its affluent the Locone, the Bradano and its affluent the Basentiello, the coast of the Gulf of Taranto, the Isthmus of Calabria, and the Tyrrhenian Sea.
		Liguria comprises the provinces of Genoa and Porto Maurizio and is bounded by the Apennines and the Ligurian Alps, and by the Roia and the Magra rivers.
		The Marches, comprising the provinces of Ancona, Ascoli Piceno, Macerata, Pesaro e Urbino, is bounded by the Apennines, the Adriatic Sea, the Marecchia River at the north, and the Tronto at the south; it unites the ancient maritime Umbria and the northern half of the ancient Picenum.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/08208a.htm (18118 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Taranto
		In 466 BC, Taranto was defeated by Iapyges, a native population of ancient Apulia, and the monarchy fell, with the inauguration of a democracy, and the expulsion of the Pythagoreans.
		Taranto was finally conquered by the Normans: the sons of Petron elected the first Norman archbishop, Drogo, in 1071, and prepared a fleet to conquer Durazzo.
		Taranto became the capital of a Norman principality, whose first ruler was Robert Guiscard's son, Bohemond of Taranto, who obtained it as result of succession dispute: his father repudiated his first wife, Bohemond's mother, and had Roger Borsa, his son by his second wife Sikelgaita, succeed him as Duke of Apulia.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Taranto (4216 words)

	Taranto
		Taranto history dates back to the 8th century BC when it was founded as a Greek colony.
		Taranto is also famous for the British attack on the Regia Marina base during the World War II, known as the Battle (or Night) of Taranto.
		Archytas of Tarentum, philosopher, mathematician, astronomer, statesman, strategist and commander-in-chief of the army of Taranto;
	www.dejavu.org /cgi-bin/get.cgi?ver=93&url=http%3A%2F%2Farticles.gourt.com%2F%3Farticle%3DTaranto%26type%3Den (558 words)

	Taranto, Puglia, Italy
		Taranto increased its power, becoming a commercial power in Magna Graecia, ruling over the Greek colonies in southern Italy, reaching a great splendor under the rule of its greatest statesman, Archytas: it became the main center and commercial port in southern Italy, with the biggest army and largest fleet.
		Taranto followed the story of Italy during the late Empire, becoming part of the Byzantine Empire in 540, and was ruled by them until 662 whem it was conquered by the Lombards of the Duchy of Benevento.
		Taranto was finally conquered by the Normans and became the capital of a Norman principality for almost 4 centuries.
	www.italyworldclub.com /puglia/taranto/taranto.htm (817 words)

	Sito Ufficiale della Provincia di Taranto - Coat of arms
		The coat of arms of the province of Taranto is represented by a scorpion that holds a crown, of the Ionian Principality, in its five tips chelas; on its back there are three lilies painted.
		The coat of arms of the province and the one of the city are interlaced.
		Taranto had always had, over all its existence, the political dimension of a State based on the city, and now it was ready to become a city based on the province.
	www.provincia.taranto.it /english/coat_of_arms.php (1118 words)

	Taranto, Italy
		Taranto, the capital of the Apulian province and the see of an archbishop, lies on the Mare Grande, the northern bay of the Gulf of Taranto, on the south coast of Italy.
		Taranto is renowned for its honey and fruit.
		Taranto was destroyed by the Saracens in 927 but was rebuilt, and in 1063 was incorporated by Robert Guiscard in the Norman kingdom of southern Italy.
	www.planetware.com /italy/taranto-i-pu-ta.htm (287 words)

	Province of Taranto - Puglia, Italy
		The Province of Taranto is administratively divided into 29 Municipalities.
		The province was created in 1923, from the ancient province called Terra d'Otranto, and was called until 1951 Provincia dello Ionio.
		The emblem of the province is a scorpion, the ancient symbol of the the Roman Tarentum.
	www.italyworldclub.com /puglia/taranto/index.html (64 words)

	Puglia at Caribbean Topfunwebsites (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		'''Apulia''' ('''Puglia''' in Italian) is a region in southeastern Italy bordering the Adriatic Sea in the east, the Ionian Sea to the southeast, and the Strait of Otranto and Gulf of Taranto in the south.
		Its southern portion known as Salento, a peninsula, forms the heel of the Italian "boot." The region is comprised of 7,469 square miles (19,345 squ km), and its population is 4,031,885 residents (1991).
		Fishing is pursued in the Adriatic and in the Gulf of Taranto.
	www.topfunwebsites.com /cuba/puglia.html (952 words)

	il manifesto - quotidiano comunista - g8
		D'Alema, in campagna elettorale era stato più preciso: si costruirà a Taranto.
		E proprio sulla valutazione di impatto ambientale s'accende la polemica: «I rischi a Taranto sono impressionanti», continua Marescotti, «il rigassificatore dovrebbe sorgere a meno di un chilometro dai serbatoi di raffinazione Agip, dove c'è una torcia costantemente accesa.
		«Non siamo certi che Taranto sia il sito adeguato», dice Lunetta Franco, di Legambiente Taranto, «a una prima osservazione la Via non ci sembra esauriente: per noi il problema del rischio resta prioritario, in particolare quello dell'effetto domino, e i dati offerti dalla Gas Natural ci sembrano leggermente ottimistici.
	www.ilmanifesto.it /g8/dopogenova/444d0a18efe33.html (769 words)

	Taranto - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Taranto (ancient Tarentum), city and port, southern Italy, capital of Taranto Province, in Apulia Region, on the Gulf of Taranto.
		Ionian Sea, arm of the Mediterranean Sea, separating Greece and Albania from Italy and Sicily.
		- city, port, and administrative center of Taranto Province, Apulia Region, southern Italy.
	ca.encarta.msn.com /Taranto.html (67 words)

	Hotels in Taranto (province)
		This modern hotel is set in the town centre of Palagiano, in the province of Taranto in southern Puglia, five kilometres from the beach and 25 kilometres from...
		Taranto, TA Nicotel Pineto is located in an extremely beautiful landscape merged in a scented Aleppo's pine wood on the Apulian Jonic coast.
		Taranto, TA The Best Western Hotel Ara Solis, a sea-front hotel, has been completely refurbished; it is an ideal solution for your tourism and business needs.
	www.expedia.co.uk /daily/hotels/Italy/Taranto.asp (342 words)

	Normans - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Geographically, Normandy was approximately the same region as the old church province of Rouen or Neustria.
		In 1064, during the War of Barbastro, William of Montreuil led the papal army and took a huge booty.
		In 1096, Crusaders passing by the siege of Amalfi were joined by Bohemond of Taranto and his nephew Tancred with an army of Italo-Normans.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Normans (2422 words)

	BASILICATA - Online Information article about BASILICATA
		Taranto (for a distance of 24 m.), S. by the province of See also:
		Antonio, a junction for Foggia, Gioia del Colle and Avellino (the second of these lines runs through the province of Potenza as far as Palazzo S. Gervasio), while a branch S. from the Naples and Taranto line at Sicignano terminates at Lagonegro, on the W. edge of the province.
		population of the province was 490,705 in 1901.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /BAR_BEC/BASILICATA.html (395 words)

	BACKGROUND
		As to these provinces, at present “cosa nostra” apparently focused its attention on the systematic exploitation of the local economy through extortions that, together with drug trafficking, represent the major self-financing form, waiting for more considerable resources that in the next future shall be represented by public contracts.
		The recent crimes committed in the Calabrian provinces, also in those that are traditionally considered as less interested by this phenomenon, such as Catanzaro and Cosenza, show a high vitality of the organisation, that does not appear to be weakening, notwithstanding a strong law enforcement counteraction.
		In the province of Catanzaro, with the exception of the Lamezia area, there are no significant new elements concerning the internal balances of the mafia families, that currently appear to be strongly interested in the works for the building of the third lane of the Salerno-Reggio Calabria motorway.
	www.interno.it /dip_ps/dia/eng/2sem00.htm (14070 words)

	Lizzano (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		It belongs to the Taranto province but its culture is more near to Lecce, as is evident from the local dialect very different from the variety spoken in Taranto.
		Anyhow the influence of Taranto (which is only 25 Km away) and its Greek civilization can be seen from the fact that ancient tombs with greek vases and coins have been found in the country.
		The name Taranto originated the words tarantism,tarantella and tarantula: not surprisingly tarantism episodes were frequent in Lizzano before World War II.
	www.ba.infn.it /~zito/lizzano.html (283 words)

	Poster Abstracts
		The aim of this study was to determine the adaptation of new cultivars to agronomic and climatic conditions of Southern Italy.
		The field trial was carried out in province of Taranto, in Apulia.
		Il campo sperimentale era ubicato in provincia di Taranto, in Puglia.
	www.ejbiotechnology.info /feedback/proceedings/05/russo3.html (270 words)

	Province of Taranto - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Map highlighting the location of Taranto in Italy
		Provincia di Taranto) is a province in the Apulia region of Italy.
		There are 29 communes in the province (source: Italian institute of statistics Istat, see this link).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Province_of_Taranto (90 words)

	Taras / Tarentum
		In 472 BC, Taranto signed an alliance with Rhegion, to counter the Messapi, Peucezi and Lucanians (all Italic populations), but the Tarantine and Reggian joint armies were defeated near Kailìa (modern Ceglie).
		However, with the death of Archytas in 347 BC, the city started a slow, but ineluctable decline; the first sign of the decreased power was its inability to field an army, since the Tarantines preferred to use their large wealth to hire mercenaries, rather than leave their lucrative trades.
		In 343 BC Taranto appealed for aid against the barbarian to its mother city Sparta, in the face of aggression by the Bruttian League.
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/Cities/Tarentum.html (2120 words)

	Italian D.O.C. Wines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		Afterward and particularly in the Middle Ages with the diffusion of settlements encouraged by Basilian hermits of Greek origin, the variety spread through the Murge Mountains in the provinces of Bari and Taranto.
		It is known, from authoritative historical documents, that the variety was intensively cultivated in a vast stretch of Apulian territory in the 17th century as a result of the work of the Benedictines.
		Primitivo became so popular that it was introduced into the province of Taranto toward the close of the 19th century.
	www.milioni.com /vini/ingd1/632.htm (347 words)

	Slow Food International - Sloweb
		Taranto is renowned in Italy for its oysters and mussels.
		Not surprisingly, since the Città Vecchia is situated on a sort of island cum isthmus between the sea proper, il Mare Grande, and a huge lagoon, il Mare Piccolo; in antiquity it was noted for this peculiar geographical position and already famous for its cultivation of shellfish.
		Primitivo di Manduria from the east of the province, of course.
	www.slowfood.com /sloweb/eng/dettaglio.lasso?cod=ed_en00014 (783 words)

	Letter M villages in TARANTO province Hotels, Residence, Bed and Breakfast
		Letter M villages in TARANTO province, hotels, residence, bed and breakfast
		Once you've made your choice, you'll be able to reserve your stay, at no cost!
		Search all villages in TARANTO province by first letter
	www.veronayou.com /regions/puglia/taranto-M.html (91 words)

	ItalianMade.com - FOODS: Clementina del Golfo di Taranto (IGP)
		he first citrus trees were introduced in the province of Taranto, in Apulia, in the seventeenth century, but it wasn't until 1900 that citrus groves became the main produce of local fruit farming.
		Gulf of Taranto clementine is mostly grown in the territories of the province of Taranto, along the coastline of the gulf from which it takes its name.
		The Gulf of Taranto clementine is delicious eaten on its own or used in the preparation of juices, syrups, iced sorbets and marmalades.
	www.italianmade.com /foods/subcat24021.cfm (202 words)

	Sito Ufficiale della Provincia di Taranto - Itinerary of the traditions and the crafts 1
		Time, inevitably, make old rituals weak, but the traditions of the province of Taranto, especially the religious ones, are still animated by the popular fervour.
		Instead in Taranto, and in almost all the towns of the province, there are various cribs of different materials and sizes that keep faith to this tradition of the South of Italy.
		The traditions of Taranto, such as the two Addolorata's processions and the one of the Mysteries, are so attractive that every year hundreds of tourists come from every part of Italy and Europe.
	www.provincia.taranto.it /english/traditional_1.php (533 words)

	Bill Nesto, MW
		At the end of the 18OOs, use of the variety spread southeast to the province of Taranto on the Salento peninsula, which can be easily visualized as the heel of Italy's boot.
		The province of Taranto is a flat plain under the strong climatic influence of the Adriatic and Ionian Seas.
		In the 2Oth century, the vicinity of the town of Manduria, in the province of Taranto, became the primary locus of the variety.
	www.beveragebusiness.com /bbcontent/art98/nesto0905.html (2266 words)

	Taranto, Apulia, Pictures
		Taranto has an important naval base, with an arsenal and shipyards; chemical works; iron and steel foundries; and food-processing factories.
		Although the Romans captured the city in 209 BC, their rule over the powerful city was not firmly established until 272 BC.
		The Gothic wars left Taranto in the hands of the Byzantine Empire after AD 540.
	www.greatestcities.com /Europe/Italy/Apulia/Taranto_ancient_Tarentum_city_and_Province_regional_capital.html (214 words)

	Taranto property rentals in the Puglia region and Taranto - Valle d'Itria province
		Taranto property rentals in the Puglia region and Taranto - Valle d'Itria province
		The farm "La Brunetta" is a lovely complex placed in the heart of a luxuriant plain very close to the foot hills of the Taranto Murgia and just a few miles away from the sea between strands and pinewoods.
		The whole structure of the farm offers not only the possibility to spend your holidays in full relaxation, but it is also equipped for meetings, congresses and receptions.
	www.buyandrentinitaly.com /dettaglioa.aspx?id=4147 (184 words)

	Untitled Document
		In this province, notwithstanding the arrest of Francesco SCHIAVONE, the criminal supremacy of his group did not decrease and was not affected by the significant law enforcemetn operations that, for the time being, caused a comparatively small number of convictions.
		At present, the province is living a sort of pax mafiosa, thus suggesting that a sort of balance was established in terms of power relations and control of the territory.
		Also as to the province of Vibo Valentia, there is a strong concern for the possible infiltration of mafia -type families in the entrepreneurial context, in particular with a view to accumulating the allocated public funds.
	www.interno.it /dip_ps/dia/eng/1sem01.htm (12056 words)

	Delicious Italy - Martina Franca in the province of Bari, Apulia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-20)
		Martina Franca, the 'City of Wine', is located in the province of Taranto, just over the border from the province of Bari and a stone's throw away from the famous town of the 'trulli' Alberobello.
		The 'Martina' comes from S.Martino who built the first houses for the refuges of Taranto escaping from the Saracens in the 10th century, and it was the original inhabitants, led by the monks of Greek origin, who first cultivated the arid land.
		What is really of interest is how the duty of all the citizens to keep their houses painted white and to keep their immediate bit of street clean from that era, has survived.
	www.deliciousitaly.com /Pugliatour18.htm (344 words)

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