Quale sarà la Capitale italiana della cultura 2022? A chi passerà il testimone Parma, che, causa pandemia, terrà  in mano il titolo un anno in più del previsto? La corsa è vicina al traguardo: oggi e domani si tengono le audizioni delle 10 città finaliste e lunedì dovrebbe arrivare la decisione del Ministero per i beni e le attività culturali e per...

2020 was a difficult year for everyone and sport is non an exception. Thousands of races and events were cancelled due to the pandemic, including the Olympic Games in Tokyo. But the world of sport did not stop completely and in the last months of this terrible year in Italy five young sports stars raised up and and everyone is talking about them. W...

There are places that leave their beauty to speak for them. Anyone who visits Apulia can therefore not help but visit its most authentic heart, from the red earth and the countless olive trees: it is the Itria Valley, the central part of Apulia, the point of union of the provinces of Bari, Brindisi and Taranto. The name probably derives from the ch...

From Apulia comes some good news in the field of artistic discoveries. In the last months, in the Spanish Hall of the Aragonese Castle in Taranto, the technicians of the Superintendence have carefully examined the state of conservation of nine artworks painted in the eighteenth century by Domenico Carella that in the eighties of the twentieth centu...

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 Mu...

Τhe city of Taranto in Italy, will host the 20th edition of the Mediterranean Games, following the decision taken by the General Assembly of the International Committee of Mediterranean Games which was held in Patras. The Taranto delegation presented its candidacy during the ICMG General Assembly meeting, a day before the opening of the Mediterrane...

Essere diciottenne, non ancora diplomato ma già menzionato come giovane genio della ricerca scientifica? È possibile ed è quello che è accaduto a Giuseppe Bungaro, giovanissimo studente pugliese che, dopo aver vinto l'European Union Contest for Young Scientists (la competizione vede in gara i talenti scientifici europei junior fra i 14 e i 21 anni)...

After racing down a two-mile runway, a van carrying top airport officials rattled onto a patch of asphalt overrun with tall swaying grass, wildflowers and herbs. “Ah, smell that oregano,” said Antonio Maria Vasile. “It’s wild fennel if it’s anything,” replied his boss, Marco Franchini. “No, it’s oregano,” grumbled Mr. Vasile as Mr. Franchini steppe...

Tra l'autunno del '43 e la fine della II Guerra Mondiale in una piccola cittadina della Puglia ionica si insediano le truppe americane: una convivenza forzata che suscita entusiasmo ma anche reciproca diffidenza. Ora un museo ne racconta la storia. “È l’Africa senza arabi”, scriveva “The Bomb Blast” il 1° ottobre del 1944, riportando le prime impre...

This past autumn, I was beyond lucky to spend a few months alongside 15 Culinary Institute of America students in the picturesque city of Ugento, Italy. Through a partnership with the Puglia Culinary Center, the CIA offers students an immersive semester abroad to eat, cook and live Italian cuisine. Ugento is located on the inside heel of the boot i...