lunedì 20 luglio 2015

Gallipoli e dintorni, tanti servizi nautici

 Gallipoli, Marinay Portolano Club

Gallipoli-Portolano
www.nauticareport.it


Per chiunque transiti nello splendido Salento tra Gallipoli e Porto Cesareo,
I marinai (gentili e disponibili) vi assisteranno nelle operazioni di ormeggio. Avvisando sul canale 10 VHF del vs. arrivo in Darsena sarete seguiti durante le operazioni di attracco. Se necessario o da voi richiesto (soprattutto per imbarcazioni oltre 10 mt. o per i meno esperti) i marinai provvederanno a ormeggiare la vostra imbarcazione o a recuperare le cime di ormeggio. Appositi carrelli sono a disposizione dei nostri clienti per la movimentazione di carichi. La marina dispone di un proprio furgone (Opel Vivaro 9 posti) a disposizione dei soli clienti. Troverete, inoltre, la disponibilità di materiali di prima necessità (ancore, cime, molle di ormeggio, detergenti nautici ecc.). Acqua dolce e corrente monofase e trifase. Aperto 24 al giorno. Disponibilità di angolo Bar/Snack c. distributori automatici, angolo relax c. divanetti e lettini.Wc, docce. Servizio lavaggio/lavanderia.

Molte altre informazioni su escursioni, feste, noleggio yacht e gommoni. www.marinayportolano.com
Tanta professionalità e gentilezza.

sabato 4 luglio 2015

Castro - The exceptional discovery was made in the archaeological site.





The exceptional discovery was made in the archaeological site "huts" in the center of Castro. The female torso was buried under three meters of land together with the remains of a balustrade decorated.

Archaeological excavations in the historical center of Castro gave an exceptional discovery: a marble bust depicting a goddess that could be Minerva, the goddess to whom is dedicated the temple, according to Virgil, hung over the legendary landing of Aeneas.
The bust was buried under three meters of land and not far found the remains of an arm and a finger that might belong to the same statue: its original height, according to the hypothesis of archaeologists, he reached four meters, including the balustrade which in recent months it has been found a fragment richly decorated.
The bust of the goddess probably dates from the fourth century but it could also be the oldest. The excavations, funded by the European Union, are continuing under the supervision of the University of Salento and the Superintendence for Cultural Heritage.


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"There are still many answers buried in the underground of Castro" - says Angelo Micello, project manager at the archaeological site huts "in almost six years of work we have crossed the centuries: from town to the medieval traces of Byzantine and Roman times up to the layers the oldest that today we deliver a valuable artifact. The value of the statue is not discussed, because it closes many circles remained open for many centuries, but I personally think that the work of art that deserves more attention is the one that looks like a balustrade protection the statue itself. If a good artist can sculpt by copying every detail of the human figure, the work of creation of gigantic floral pattern that makes up the rail is simply amazing: it could be a work of Escher, Art Nouveau or of our most baroque fireworks Lecce. Other pieces, is the statue of the balustrade are still under colmamenti, some already see. "




Text taken from    http://www.leccesette.it/dettaglio.asp?id_dett=28148&id_rub=105





lunedì 25 maggio 2015

Nardò, deep Salento but at full speed


Castello Acquaviva www.turismodautore.com


Other investments in Puglia of Porsche Engineering. A Nardo group company Porsche Volkswagen will allocate at least 20 million Euros, according to rumors, to enhance the hub motor detected in May 2012.
The German group wants to further improve the efficiency of "Nardo Technical Centre" - unique for its circular track 12.6 kilometers long and 4 in diameter - allocating other resources to work on the same track, to enhance the workshops, to achieve new security services (helicopter rescue and medical facility) and accommodation. Of these projects, the governor of Puglia Nichi Vendola spoke in Stuttgart with the number one Porsche AG, Matthias Muller, who called the center of Nardo 'an important part of integrated engineering services

Text taken from http://www.ilsole24ore.comm  Vincenzo Rutigliano - Il Sole 24 Ore -


Pista Porsche www.wakeupnews.eu



Nardo is not only history, architecture, innovation, but also the splendid sea and cliffs

Marina di Santa Caterina

Marina di Santa Maria al Bagno




giovedì 21 maggio 2015

Salento, the many Shades of Mediterranean Cuisine

Baia delle Orte

www.pugliaetmores.it
Mediterranean cuisine, a cuisine rich and poor at the same time, because of poor peasant culture, rich because its members enrich and improve the lives of those who feed them, a cuisine made of cereals, fruit and vegetables with fragrant like landscapes where they are planted.





Frise al pomodoro www.otrantooggi.it
Formaggi www.dalborgoalmare.it 











With a rocky coastline that offers fish and seafood tasty freshly cooked, typical cuisine of Salento.
Cheese, mozzarella, fresh cut and seasoned cheeses, both made from cow's milk that sheep milk.
www.camerasalento.it



                                                                                                             
For a quick meal, excellent Frise barley, dark and tasty, seasoned with red tomatoes like hot strong that surrounds them and the land that feeds them.

Pucce


Focaccia  www.laterradipuglia.it  












But the Salento is also a land often chosen for film productions for its unique light.

giovedì 14 maggio 2015

Babel
Zygmunt Bauman - Ezio Mauro
- disponibile anche in ebook
Edizione:2015
Collana:i Robinson / Letture
ISBN:9788858119655
pp:176
Prezzo:16,00 Euro
 

New Lighting from Tomorrow for the Monumental Cascade of Santa Maria di Leuca


Santa Maria di Leuca Port



With 292 lighting fixtures to LED, installed by Enel Sole behalf of the Apulian Aqueduct, tomorrow the monumental cascade of Santa Maria di Leuca is destined to be seen in a new light .... In the true sense of the word. Yes, because it is now all set to be inaugurated the new lighting system that will give more value to the artistic elements that make it up. And then: stairways, river bed, the lower square on the waterfront, waterfall icing, obelisk, lower bowl and upper squares adjacent to the basilica.








As known, the monumental waterfall, built in the thirties by the engineer Cesare Brunetti, is the culmination of the Apulian Aqueduct and joins the navy with the basilica of Santa Maria de Finibus Terrae, covering a drop of 40 meters and a length 250 meters. Majestic work and now ranks among the symbols of the province of Lecce.

Leuca, whose name already recalls the white (from the greek "Leukos"), will look like this for the summer now upon us even more resplendent in front of thousands of tourists every year to reach all over the world to enjoy one of the most fascinating landscapes of Salento, accompanied by crystal clear.













martedì 12 maggio 2015

BLUE FLAGS, THE SALENTO DROPS AGAIN POKER


By Erin York


Again the Salento drops his poker clean sea. By 2015, in fact, were reappointed the four places on which it will fly the Blue Flag, prestigious award that each year the Foundation for environmental education grants to the places that are characterized by a number of parameters such as environmental education, water quality water, sewage, waste management, traffic regulation, safety and services.

As it has done in recent years, therefore, once again the non-profit organization, non-governmental pinned gallons chest of Castro, Melendugno Otranto and Salve (strictly in alphabetical order, as are all the same), obviously with all resorts and marinas located in the region which, in turn, often maintaining their own distinct identity (when they are not the actual towing of a place), val here worth mentioning.

And so, with Castro it is La Source and Zinzulusa; for the case of Melendugno (town which lies in the hinterland) the credit goes to Bear Tower, Sant'Andrea, San Foca, Torre Specchia and Roca; Otranto with the flag waving on Alimini Bay, Bay of the Turks, Stephen, Castellan Porto Craulo, Madonna Alto Mare and Porto Badisco; with Hi there are Pescoluse and Torre Pali-Old Place.

The Apulia region, in the ranking of the Fee, ranks fifth in Italy, this year also with eleven locations, with the entry of Castellaneta representing the province of Taranto Ginosa. There are also Margherita di Savoia (Bat), Polignano a Mare and Monopoli (Bari), Fasano and Ostuni (Brindisi). For the province of Lecce, the satisfaction of staying in the top of the region, serving as a motive.

The ceremony has unfolded this morning in the Sala Tirreno Region of Lazio in Rome and among the first ever to comment on the recognition there was the mayor of Otranto, Luciano Charybdis. "The Blue Flag certifies the good work done in the policies put in place by the municipality, but also the best practices carried out by the various private operators as part of their tourism and trade," he said, thus making about all City Martyrs for this confirmation.

"And 'no doubt that much it remains to be done but it is undeniable the growth recorded by our city over the years as regards the protection and enhancement of the resource environment. Our sea, among the most amati- added -, which attracts many tourists seem to appreciate the beauty of the landscape, the special natural sites and the rich historical archiettonico ".

Cariddi also stressed their commitment to the construction and commissioning dlela underwater pipeline for disposal of treated water from the treatment plant the city, but also the collecting of sewage settlement in Specchiulla, the expansion of areas urban destined to pedestrian areas and the creation of several parks.


Text taken from http://www.lecceprima.it/politica/bandiere-blu-il-salento-cala-di-nuovo-il-poker-e-tutta-la-puglia-sale.html


domenica 3 maggio 2015

Castro


www.salentoviaggi.it


The beautiful Castro overlooking the Adriatic Sea and looks eastward.
the town divided into two distinct parts: one is Castro Marina, where there is also the port near which you can see archaeological ruins which act as shops for the fishermen; other Castro Superiore, a village of ancient origin in a panoramic sea along a vast hilly area. It is said that to create the town were even Cretans, only to be called Castrum Minervae by the Romans, becoming an important center during the Middle Ages enough to be a bishopric from 1179 to 1537, in spite of the current small size. The sixteenth-century fortifications are still visible.

Text taken from www.nelsalento.com




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lunedì 27 aprile 2015

Ugento, land whose origins are lost in the mists of time


Cattedrale di Ugento


The many scientists who wrote about the origins of Ugento never found agree about his foundation, supporting various and conflicting hypotheses; There is, however, unanimous agreement in considering that its origin is lost in the mists of time. Evidence of this is given by the archaeological finds of prehistoric origin found in the area, including the Menhir: megalithic monuments, linked to religious practices and cults in honor of the sun consist of slender monolithic pillars placed directly in the ground. If you can see two examples on the outskirts of 'village fraction of Gemini and the farm of Terenzano, as are worthy of note are the Dolmen, tombs, who went irretrievably destroyed as a result of an intervention in the area by unsuspecting farmers .
Around 1500-1000 a. C. Messapi settled in the area; indelible mark of this settlement are the important Messapian walls whose perimeter measured about Km. 4900, with an area of ​​about 145 urban Ha.
During the Roman Empire, Ugento became part of the grand design expansionist Rome, not only as a city hall but as an ally. The outbreak of hostilities between Rome and Carthage led the city Messapiche to ally with Hannibal in the vain hope of regaining independence and therefore the ancient autonomy. So it was that the port of Ugento, as well as other ports of Messapia were used for landing, and the procurement of Hannibal's army. Alliance, this, paid a high price, because the ending of the war in favor of Rome.
In 82 BC Ugento became Roman Municipality.
In 1537 the troops of Frederick Barbarossa seized the population by surprise, and the city was again destroyed. E 'should be noted that in the 1880s, as indeed in most Italian cities, Ugento suffered a major gutting the heart of its small urban center, many huts were demolished to make way to' current Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II and all 'opening some roads that today make up the fabric of our Old Town.

Text taken from: www.comune.ugento.le.it








One of the typical dishes: anchovies arracanate

Alici arracanate


Spinare anchovies, rinsed well and arranged in layers in a pan greased with oil. Add the bread crumbs, garlic and chopped mint, oregano and capers to taste. Place olive oil with a dash of vinegar and cook in the oven for about 20 minutes.






Map of  Salento
Useful Links : www.aereoportidipuglia.it  (by flight)
                     www.trenitalia.it (by train)

domenica 26 aprile 2015

Typical dessert for breakfast Salento

Pasticciotto is a typical dessert of area of Salento in Puglia, consisting of pastry filled with custard and baked in the oven.
The birth of pasticciotto back at least at the beginning of the eighteenth century.
It's typical habit of Salento consume this sweet freshly baked and still warm during the early hours of the day for breakfast.
"The pasticciotto Obama" is the variant of cocoa pasticciotto traditional Lecce, created by Angelo Bisconti from Campi Salentino.
The "pasticciotto Obama", then, had arrived in New York and had been successful on the boards of the major events of the Big Apple.


Traditional pasticciotto- www.lecceholiday.it

The pasticciotto Obama                   
                               








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Following  A video-tutorial where Bisconti tells how to prepare "the Obama Pasticciotto"

                                   

          
          

sabato 25 aprile 2015

Ice coffee with almond milk made in Salento

With the arrival of warm, nothing better than a cold coffee with almond milk typically made in Salento, very tasty and for an after lunch and an afternoon break.



venerdì 24 aprile 2015

Spaghetti with pulp of sea urchins, so sweet !

What 's more of a good and tasty dish of spaghetti with the pulp of sea urchins?
They taste so sweet and tasty that you will want to repeat the experience


martedì 21 aprile 2015

The Castle of Otranto

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The Castle, in its initial configuration, the end of '400, it appeared in
the shape of quadrangle (trapezoid rectangle), with the top four Washers (circular towers), with one facing the sea in the most protrudingposition, as is often represented in the Treaties by Francesco di Giorgio Martini.
The configuration that we see today is the result of constant changes, which affected the fortress throughout the '500, imposed by the continuous evolution and improvement of firearms.
And 'bordered on all sides by a deep moat which is exceeded at the entrance with a bridge, now with stone arch and wooden decking, probably originally type drawbridge.
A narrow corridor leads directly to the lobby of the ground floor. Crossing it known thickening of the facade built in the early '500.
All areas of the plan, developed behind the curtains outside a rectangular or square, overlooking the courtyard and are covered by systems at once.
Outside the original quadrilateral develop two environments, certainly among the most representative of the entire structure: the salt triangular and rectangular.
The triangular room that was generated by the expansion of the mid '500, when it was added outside the rampart between the two washers. Particularly striking is the vaulted ceiling of this room defined by the intersection of three nails of stone pavilion carparo that follow the particular form of the local plan.
The Chapel on the ground floor looks partially frescoed and contains within various frames and inscriptions, including those of the tomb of Donna Teresa De Azevedo, who died on February 23, 1707, to which her husband, Don Francesco de la Serna and Molina , warden at the time, devoted a tender in which the epigraph indicates which "example of modesty, the goddess of beauty, model of honesty, offspring of Spanish heroes."
Below the ground floor is a maze of tunnels, galleries and small rooms, which defines the system of "underground". These environments are of great historical value, very suggestive, remained unchanged since their construction, dating from the first plant of the end '400. Only some paths have been, with the completion of firearms, in '500, small transformations and expansions.
The basement is the place where it becomes easier to read the different stages that have characterized the construction of the Castle: the first plant of the end '400, linings and reinforcements of the curtains and some washers early' 500, the addition of the bastion triangular half of '500 and, finally, the realization of the strut seaward end of' 500.
Through a stone staircase and a covered outdoor staircase, also in stone, you can reach the balcony of the first floor, which guarantees admission to a number of environments that are modeled broadly location and setting of the ground floor.
From this level is accessed, however, within the three washers still present at the corners.
In the heart of the washers, protected by a thick external environments are circular, covered by hemispherical domes stone carparo, where they were placed bombs and cannon fire mouths oriented towards communicating with the outside.
On covers are the patrol routes, protected by thick walls with loopholes for the disposal of gunboats.
Both the external and curtains inside the atrium are some coats of arms of kings and nobles, players in the history of the Castle. Particularly interesting is the one in the front door with the emblem carved Emperor Charles V.
The fortress is the location of the first Gothic novel in history: The Castle of Otranto, by Horace Walpole (1764).

The Aragonese Castle of Otranto is currently closed to the public for work in progress.

By http://www.comune.otranto.le.it/otranto-nella-storia/da-visitare/item/castello-aragonese


lunedì 20 aprile 2015

Excursions to the caves of Leuca in the heel of Italy, by boat

Pescoluse, Marina of the Town of Salve


Pescoluse

Following the reclamation of the Ionian coast of Salento, had started in 1930 and ended after World War II, the main attraction of the territory of Salve became its beaches: Pescoluse, Posto Vecchio, Torre Pali 
and LidoMarini. This makes tourism one of the main economic resources of the Municipality of Salve.
The marina of Pescoluse is undoubtedly the most popular and well-known seaside resort.
Its golden beaches, its crystal clear water, the vegetation of its sand dunes are the major attraction for tourists. For these features our beach is universally known as "the Maldives of Salento". Here you can stay at hotels, residences, villages and holiday homes, villas, apartments for rent and B&B.

More Informations : www.comunedisalve.org          www.pescoluse.info

Airports :                www.aereoportidipuglia.it