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478  SOUTHERN IT AL Y

Southern Italy at a Glance

Visitors to southern Italy are rewarded with a rich array of archaeological
remains. Although the Roman site at Pompeii is high on everyone’s list,
there are also Greek ruins in Sicily and on the southern coast, and in Teramo
Sardinia there are mysterious ancient structures, called nuraghi. Puglia,
Campania and Sicily are famed for Pescara
their architecture, while across the L’Aquila Chieti
south there are magnificent land­
scapes, abundant wildlife and endless Sulmona ABRUZZO
opportunities for outdoor activities. Termoli
The cuisine alone, with its eclectic
heritage and diversity of tastes, MOLISE
provides an excuse to dawdle on the Campobasso
coast or in the mountain villages. Foggia
The Parco Nazionale d’Abruzzo, a vast
unspoilt wilderness, is home to wolves, ABRUZZO, MOLISE
bears and many species of birds AND PUGLIA
(see pp506–7). NAPLES AND (See pp504–17) Bari
CAMPANIA
(See pp486–503)
Su Nuraxi at Naples Fasano
Olbia Barumini, built PUGLIA
Porto Torres around 1500 BC, is the Pompeii Potenza Matera Brindisi
most celebrated of
Sardinia’s mysterious Taranto
stone nuraghe sites
Alghero (see p549). BASILICATA Lecce
Nuoro
Otranto
Macomer
SARDINIA Cassano allo
(See pp548–55) Ionio
Oristano Arbatax Rossano
BASILICATA
AND CALABRIA
(See pp518–25)
The cloister decoration
at Monreale cathedral is a Crotone
legacy of Sicily’s Arabic Catanzaro
Cagliari past, with elaborate
columns adorned with
fine mosaics and splendid Tropea Vibo Valentia
sculpted capitals
(see pp530–31). Isole Eolie CALABRIA

Palermo Messina
Trapani Reggio di
Calabria
Marsala SICILY
(See pp526–47)
Sciacca
Catania

Siracusa
Sicily’s Valley of the Temples at Agrigento contains
some of the best-preserved Greek ruins outside Greece. Scicli
Mostly Doric in style, they date from the 5th and 6th
centuries BC (see p536).
Colourful terraced villas scaling down to the beach in Positano on the Amalfi Coast

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