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Extract from the Brndisi Travel Guides:
Hopping across the peninsula from the Ionian Sea to the Adriatic Sea,
BRNDISI
lies 60km east of Tranto, once a bridging point for Crusading knights and still strictly a place for passing through. The natural harbour here, the safest on the Adriatic coast, made Brndisi an ideal choice for early settlers. In Roman times, the port became the main crossing point between eastern and western empires, and later, under the Normans, there came a steady stream of pilgrims heading east towards the Holy Land. The route is still open, and now Brndisi - primarily - is where you come if you're
heading for Greece
from Italy. First i...
read the whole Brndisi Travel Guides...
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