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South Italia   Départ de Naples pour arriver a Vieste, visite de la  vieille ville , visite du  Port , de la  plage  , des  camping  et de  Vieste By night . Vue de Vieste depuis la  Plage  et du  port de Peche  de Vieste.  Ensuite visite de  Monte San Angelo , puis de Peschici  ,  de la  plage  de Peschici et de la  vielle ville  de Peschici.  Oliveraies  dans la campagne , vue de  Mattinata  depuis la cote.  Visite de la cote  , de Peschici a Mattinata.  Visite de la cote de  Manfredonia  a Margherita di Savoia Départ pour  Trani  et visite de Trani  de nuit .  Puis en descendant sur la cote , visite de  Polignano a Mare  , de   Monopoli  et enfin arrivé a  Gallipoli  . Coucher de soleil  a Gallipoli, visite du centre  historique , du...

According to a legend, the city was founded in ancient times by Idomeneus of Crete. Pliny the Elder attributes the foundation to the Senones Gauls, while more likely is that it was a Messapic settlement. Historically, what is known is that Gallipoli was a city of the Greater Greece, ruling over a large territory including today's Porto Cesarea. In 265 it sided with Pyrrhus and Taranto against ancient Rome, suffering a defeat which relegated it as a Roman colony (later a municipium). In the early Middle Ages, it was most likely sacked by the Vandals and the Goths. Rebuilt by the Byzantines, Gallipoli lived an economically and socially flourishing period due to its geographical position. Later it was owned by the Roman Popes, and was a centre of fightings against the Greek monastic orders. In the 11th century Gallipoli was conquered by the Normans and, in 1268, it was besieged by Charles I of Anjou, causing numerous inhabitants to flee to the n...