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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 legend, a city called Sybar existed at the time of the Trojan War, founded by the Messapii Italic tribe. Later it was occupied by the Iapyges and conquered by the Romans in the 3rd century BCE, receiving the new name of Lupiae. Under the emperor Hadrian (2nd century AD) the city was moved 3 km to NE, taking the name of Licea or Litium. Lecce had a theater and an amphitheater and was connected to the Hadrian Port (the current San Cataldo). Orontius of Lecce, locally called Sant'Oronzo, is considered to have served as the city's first Christian bishop and is Lecce's patron saint. After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, Lecce was sacked by the Ostrogoth king Totila in the Gothic Wars. It was conquered by the Byzantines in 549, and remained part of the Eastern Empire for five centuries, with brief conquests by Saracens, Lombards, Hungarians and Slavs. Aft...