Jun 09, 2020
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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.
SOURCE: https://www.visititaly.eu
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