Taranto, the capital of the Ionian Apulia, is known all over the world for its immense iron and steel plant and the problems connected with it. There was a time, however, when in antiquity Taranto was a very important city, the capital of Magna Graecia, which gave Rome quite a run for its money.
The beautiful MAr.Ta., the National Archaeological Museum of Taranto, preserves the signs of that ancient and glorious past. Let’s discover it together.