Taranto overview
Taranto is located at the base of the Salentine Pennisula in southeastern Italy and was one of the the leading colonial cities of Magna Graecia and was under consant attack until the end of World War II. Recent exploration of the city's tombs have found a rich collection of Greek and Tarantian vases and hundreds of statuettes of Apollo, which are now housed in Taranto's National Museum. Visit the Roman baths and other Roman ruins, as well as the Aragonese Castle and the Baroque-styled Cataldo Cathedral in the old city.
