| Gallipoli,
located on the west side of the Ionian Sea, front to the Taranto
Gulf.
 You
will enjoy visiting the two characteristics areas: The "Old
City" and the "New City".
The suggestive old city, with the Antique
buildings and murals, built
in a Calcareous Island connected to the mainland with a brick
bridge. The principal wall was built around the 1500, to
protect the city against enemies, and redefined the ending 1800
taking the actual panoramic appearance.
The antique wall can be visit on the Good
conditions side. From Gallipoli you can see, on the north
side the Nardo's Coast, on the south the Pizzo's bay, on the
west the Scoglio dei Piccioni and the Campo Island and
on the South west the Santa
Andrea's island
with a
lighthouse
built
the last 1866.
The bridge,
built around the Seno
del Canneto in
front to the Rivellino's castle, is still used as port for the
local fishermen.
Just crossing the bridge you will find the last antique bulwark
building: The
Greco-Roman Fountain the most oldest fountain built in Italy.
 In the New or young city you can find the modern style
of the "Skyscraper"
located in Corso Roma, main
street that divide Gallipoli in two sides called "Scirocco"
and "Tramontana".
The new buildings have replaced the old
ones built the 1800 and beginning of the 1900. The young
city style it is totally opposite to the Old City, and you can
find different Italian shopping and tourism centres ready to receive
two hundred thousand visitors during summer time.
Gallipoli during the last years has been
experimented a building boom, and today is considered one of the
most popular and requested tourism centre of Italy. |
