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In the center of the square stands the Fountain of Anchors (Fontana delle Ancore), which since 1937 has replaced the Fountain of Frogs (Fon-tana delle Rane). It’s one of the bus-iest squares in town. It used to be a point of contact for landowners and workers looking for a job or wait-ing to be paid, today it has become a round the clock meeting point for people of all ages. Whether you’re sitting under a shady tree or Christ-mas lights always keep an eye on the wind, passing on the wrong side of fountain could get you soaking wet!

PIAZZA CAIROLIFor business or for a siesta1

Keep your eyes on the road. In front of our eyes you’ll see large black geo-metrical stones cleverly laid next to each other. Lava basalt is typical of many historical centers of southern Italy, today it’s become part of an im-perfect combination with tarmac, that is slowly covering the stones. Past and present contaminating each other…who’ll have the upper hand? Keep your eyes open as you walk on.

VIA PALESTROThe imperfect combination2

Porta Mesagne interrupts the town walls and is one of the oldest entrances into town. It ideally separates the old from the new part of the town. It was built in 1200, and in time it has been fortified with new architectural ele-ments such as the Bastion located on the left side and now used for exhibi-tions. It has always been a passage for pedestrians, and risked being knocked down at the beginning of ‘900. An-other smaller arch was created on the right side of the entrance. In the centu-ries it has had a very important social function: from supplying water (from the ancient tanks) to entertainment and night life… one of the first pubs that opened in Brindisi was located in there.

PORTA MESAGNEWater, wagon and pubs4

It’s weird to think that the road, named in honor of freedom, was once the path that led to the blood-curdling prison in the castle. Travelers were terrified by the noises of chains and cries that came from behind the cas-tle walls. Maybe that’s why the tower at the beginning of the road is called Inferno? In place of the two schools on the right, there was piazza Castello, one of the most attended in town. A place that is really difficult to remove from memories of aged citizens.

VIA DELLA LIBERTA’Sounds from hell5

In front of us is the Land Castle (Cas-tello di Terra) one of Brindisi’s symbols and bulwark of the strategic location its port has had in the centuries. As much as this huge building can be seen from several different locations it can only, sometimes, be visited when ar-tistic and cultural events are organized inside it. Since 1223 (year the castle was finished) it has played an impor-tant role in the city’s expansion; as it occupies most of the west bay (Seno di Ponente), it’s not possible to reach the other side of the bay by land. It has also designated the outcome of local sea trade. Until ideas and suggestions for the future don’t become a reality, all we can do is pass by and imagine the great historical and artistic treas-ures it holds.

CASTELLO SVEVOPicture of a different town6

Know in the Middle Ages as “Rua Maestra”, it used to be the town’s main street and now is one of the busi-est thoroughfares. It’s not rare to bump into cars in a traffic jam and drivers blowing their horns. Among the many shops (mainly food & wine) you’ll find traces of history. Like Palazzo Ripa and the Calvario, at the corner with via Santa Margherita, that’s a very impor-tant worship location during celebra-tions for the Holy Week.

VIA CARMINEHonks and history3

Walking along via Sant’Aloy towards St. Paul’s Church (Chiesa di San Paolo) it’s really worth stopping in via discesa Dorotea. Just a few meters down the street you’ll find a quiet terrace, that offers a romantic view on the Sciab-biche (originally a fishermans district and now a movida location) and the other side of the port. It’s not in a posh location, but that can be put down to it’s humble origins, were popular mem-ory recalls Dorotea a noblewoman that used to be a benefactress of the very poor fishermen that lived in the area.

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Largo Guglielmo da Brindisi is a large square mostly used as a parking space, it is also the entrance to a “labyrinth”. As you enter you’ll find yourself in front of many tiny and tangled roads. A piece of the old side of town forgot-ten by the most but worth visiting.

LARGO GUGLIELMOThe labyrinth8

On a flight of steps lies St Paul’s Church, a gothic building that dates back to 1322, built on the old area of the Swabian Mint and of the Curia Re-gis. Over the centuries this church has been a point of reference for the town’s religious culture. Many still recall the celebrations for Good Friday, when the parishioners used to follow in proces-sion the statues of Jesus the Redeemer and Our Lady of Sorrows all along the streets of the town center. They say that the Madonna “Macenola” saved Brindisi from a tremendous earth-quake in 1743. And when the statue was found in an unexpected position - open armed and with its eyes look-ing up to the sky - it was considered a testimony of the received grace. It is customary for tourists to take a picture of the slightly leaning façade of the church… more or less like the tower of Pisa.

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At the corner of via Santa Barbara and via San Benedetto, look up. You’ll see a votive shrine, one of the many expres-sions of popular religiosity that can still be found in the streets, what used to be a benchmark for a quick prayer of people passing-by is now left to the older people that live nearby. Just a few steps later, looking to the right, we’ll see the medieval church of San Benedetto. The area was urbanized only in the late ‘800, and now houses breweries, pubs and b&b.

VIA SAN BENEDETTOSacredness in the street10

Brindisi has its own version of the fa-mous quarrel between the Montec-chi and the Capuleti from Verona and it involved the ancient dynasties of the Ripa supporting farmers and the Cavalerio supporting fishermen. The huge building behind the decadent baroque façade in via Carmine, 19 be-longed to the Ripa family. A forgotten building of 2100 sqm and an impressive garden that’s waiting to be reassessed.

PALAZZO RIPAThe forgotten giant11

Brindisi has two patrons, St. Theo-dore of Amasea and St. Lawrence of Brindisi, to whom are entitled the school and the road in front of us. The saint, doctor of the church, prophet and diplomat, wanted the church to be built where he was born. Take time to admire the wooden doors and the ba-roque façade. Inside you’ll find many artistic treasures. And help us under-stand why in the list of patron saints St. Lawrence is always considered the other patron!

CHIESA DEGLI ANGELI

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Leaving the Angel’s Church behind with via Armengol on our left, we’ll reach via Lauro. The street named after the laurel tree, a typical local plant, liv-ens up at night when pubs and restau-rants open to customers. But we reach the real attraction, St. John’s Temple, by taking the narrow passage that cuts the street in two. The area, especially during the summer, hosts concerts and cultural events and represents an im-portant historical and architectural ev-idence. Looking at the entrance we can see the iconography of the Templars leaving Brindisi for their long journey to reach the Holy Land. Behind the Temple another gem: an urban garden with a small citrus orchard.

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On the Templar’s traces13

Different historical periods and cul-tures weave together around the small fountain of piazza Calò to cre-ate Brindisis multi-ethnic face. Large communities of Slavons, Greeks and Albanians starting living here from 1100 in typical houses with roofs made of wood and cane called “a cannizzo”, just a few steps from St. Michael Arch-angel’s Church (chiesa di San Michele Arcangelo) surmonting the whole area with its colored dome. Who knows what a noisy area it used to be! The best part of it is that the people that live here now are always complaining about the loud music.

LARGO DE CALÒThe multiethnic spirit14

Everyday, behind these doors, im-portant decision are made for the administration of the city. In the last few years many new activities have be-gan inside these cozy rooms, cultural events, exhibitions, meetings and uni-versity lessons above all. Coffee break or an aperitif while sitting at a table outside in the sun is a must.

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Coffee in the sun15

From via de’ Muscettola head towards via San Nicolicchio and taking a small passage we’ll find ourselves in a small square. In front of us there is a protec-tion railing to limit some roman find-ings. Via Casimiro is one of Brindisi’s oldest roads and is now seat of public offices and schools. Open your ears and listen carefully, no it’s not cablera-dio! From morning to the afternoon you can listen to violins and pianos playing or operas being played by stu-dents of the musical school.

VIA CASIMIROThe concert17

Salita di Ripalta, the ending part of via Casimiro we’ll find ourselves in via Filomeno Consiglio named after a painstaking mayor of Brindisi at the end of 1800. A good period for the town, enough to give his name to part of the “Rua Maestra”. At the bottom of the steps next to the fountain you’ll find the impressive façades of Palazzo Guerrieri and Crudomonte.

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At the corner of via Duomo and vico Seminario, the heraldic symbol of the Mezzacapo family stands out on the carparo (a calcareous rock) walls to remind us the story of the austere im-pressive edifice built in the 18th centu-ry, and is today seat of the Archbishop and its library. Walking along this road you can admire “le corti” (typical open spaces annexed to buildings) of the small ground floor houses.

VICO SEMINARIOCarparo and corti16

Right in front of the harbor lies piazza Vittorio Emanuele, a point of referen-ce and reception for passing tourists. An English style lawn encloses the Dolphin’s Fountain and Virgil’s mo-nument, built to commemorate 2000 years of his death in Brindisi. Only the keenest observers notice the sundial on the façade of the coast guard’s bu-ilding saluting incoming and outgoing tourists with an effigy.

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The ports sundial19

There’s only a very few visitors that aren’t dazzled by the sight of this large road that joins the main dock of the Marina to the train station. Even if it was built on an old gutter (“la Mena”) where all the waste and rainwater used to flow, in the 18th century it was trans-formed into a shopping promenade. In the years the “corso” has hosted fa-mous ice-cream parlors, bars and pa-tisseries. Today there are boutiques, gift and fancy goods shops to enrich long walks (a.k.a vasche, literally lengths but refered to walking up and down the corso) of people of all ages.

CORSO GARIBALDILe vasche20

The De Torres Fountain with it’s splash-ing water is a meeting point for a lot of people at all times. In the shade of the scented magnolias of piazza Vittoria you can see groups of children playing and the elderly sitting on benches. The area hosts free concerts, small arts and craft and antiques markets. Just a few steps away you’ll find piazza Mercato seat of the fruit and vegetable market of old part of town.

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Not far from the train station you’ll find this small and cosy pedestrian area of via Conserva. Here you can re-lax with an aperitif or take a look at the nice shops or rest on the benches by the fountain looking at the passing people.

VIA CONSERVAIn the shopping centre22

Strolling through time Museums and exhibitionsDates to remember On history’s traces

Continue your tourOther historical places of interest

XVI b.C. A village with a few huts in between the port’s natural bays. This is what Brindisi used to be.

267 b.C. The Romans conquered Brindisi. Up to the end of the Empire it becomes an important commercial knot.

19 b.C. Publio Virgilio Marone, poet, dies in his house near the Roman columns.

476 a.D. With the fall of the roman empire Brindisi loses it stra-tegic role. For centuries different civilizations have oc-cupied the territory (Goths, Longobards, Saracines and Byzantines).

1089 The building of the Cathedral starts and with it Brindisi’s economic recovery, that has now become a focal point for ships coming or going to the Holy Land for the Cru-sades.

1250 A very intense period for Brindisi that sees the number of it’s inhabitants, churches, and other important defensive constructions, such as castles, walls and gateways grow.

1449 The mouth of the port is obstructed turning Brindisi into an unhealthy, swamped and malarial area, it stays that way for several centuries.

1656 An outbreak of plague that is devastating all the south of Italy reaches Brindisi.

1775 Architect Pigonati starts draining the inside port and nearby areas.

1797 King Ferdinand IV visits Brindisi after he had lavished for the end of the port drainage and the building of corso Garibaldi.

1864 The railway station revamps local economy: tourism and commerce rise.

1870 The Indian Mail Route decides to insert Brindisi in it’s course to Bomabay. Taking advange of the opening of the Suez Canal, that took place the year before.

1927 During the fascist period Brindisi gains the duce’s atten-tion, who builds several monuments and sets up the navy command.

1943 Vittorio Emanuele II and the royal family are refugees in Brindisi. For four months Brindisi becomes capital of Italy.

1963 A new era for the local economic scene starts when Montecatini chemical plant opens on the industrial es-tate by the sea.

1991 For several months Brindisi houses thousands of Alba-nians fleeing from the regime. The refugees arrived in march on little fortune boats.

Museo Archeologico Provinciale F. Ribezzo(Provincial Archaeological Museum)piazza DuomoOpen Mon – Sat 9.30 am – 1.00 pmTue 3.30 pm – 6.30 pm

Museo Diocesano Tarantini(Diocesan Museum)piazza DuomoOpen Mon – Fri 9 am – 1 pm

Palazzo Granafei Nervegnavia Duomo, 20Open Mon – Sat 9 am – 6 pm

Sun 9 am – 3.30 pm

Parco Archeologico di San Pietro degli Schiavoni(Archeological site)Nuovo Teatro Verdi, via SantiOpen Mon – Fri 8.30 am – 1.30 pm

Ex Convento Scuole Pie(Former Convent of the Pious schools)via Tarantini, 39Open Mon – Fri 10 am – 12 am, 4 pm – 7 pm

Sat 10 am – 12 am

At first glance when you arrive in Brindisi, either by plane or ship, it looks like an industrial town. This is just it’s moder as-pect. For centuries the local economy was based on agriculture, fishing and commerce. Layers of history lying under our feet support this, and anytime a road is dug up many different ar-cheological finds are brought back to light.

The ancient name of Brindisi is Brunda “deer head”. And a deer is imprinted on the town’s coat of arms, to recall the inside port’s peculiar shape where one bay faces west and the other east em-bracing the heart of the town.

Strolling through the town at some times of the day you can see that streets are totally deserted. A well informed visitor knows that it’s not a far-west syndrome. Here like in many other loca-tions of southern Italy everyone respects the “controra”, the afternoon siesta time that goes from 2.30 pm to 4 pm. In the summer, when afternoons are really hot, most of the people go to local beaches and stay there till evening. Only when the sun starts setting and the weather gets cooler you see people in town again.

Brindisi has many sport supporters, it has been nominated Euro-pean City of Sport for 2014. Basketball and soccer are widely practiced. During the sport season when teams play at home it’s very usual to hear people singing “nui simu Brindisini…” (Noi siamo brindisini means we are from Brindisi) one of the support-ers most used songs.

Shops are open from 9 am to 1 pm and 5 pm to 8 pm. Restaurants are open from 12 am to 2 pm for dinner and from 8 pm to 11 pm for supper.

Don’t hesitate to ask passers for info: even if it’s difficult to find locals that speak other languages, they are always very helpful and willing to give any kind of information, gesticulating!

In Brindisi, aperitif time strikes twice a day. In the morning at around 11’o clock, the bars in town fill up with people looking for a quick snack, usually a “rustico” (puff pastry with béchamel, mozzarella and tomato) or a piece of focaccia with a non-alco-holic drink. In the evening pubs and bars offer special aperitifs such as fries, olives, panzerotti, taralli, nuts, pasta, savoury pies, crudités and cheese.

Which typical food can’t be missed when travelling through Brindisi? Fave (a puree of dried broad beans) and chicory, orec-chiette (typical hand made pasta) with tomato sauce, ricci (sea urchins), riso cozze e patate (rice, mussels and potatoes bake), puccia (bread with small black olives mixed into the dough), frit-ta (fried bread dough filled with mozzarella and tomato), pettole (fried liquid bread dough) and puddica (focaccia, bread dough with a filling of onions, black olives and capers).

Music has always been part of Brindisi’s life. Some popular songs like “Mannaggia lu rimu” or “Abbasciu alla marina” are passed, in the years, from father to son. On the other hand the independent rock and songwriting scene are very active: visiting bars and pubs you’ll very likely encounter live gigs.

As you stroll through Brindisi you could listen to expressions such as: “Na fatia na…”, a typical expression a worker uses when encounting a loafer; “Addò rrivu, chiantu lu zzippu”, as to say as much as I can do but when there’s nothing more I can do I’ll have to stop; “Sputa ca mbisca” to say that the same thing has just happened.

“Quistu è vino ti malvasia. Fazzu nu brindisi a tutta sta com-pagnia”: this is one of the typical rhymes used by locals to toast friends and family. Negroamaro, malvasia, salice salentino, su-sumaniello and ottavianello are typical local vines. Brindisi’s wine production has become more appreciated, in Italy and abroad. It couldn’t be otherwise for a city who has a name that invites you to toast!

Brindisi factsAnthropological tips

Map - Museo Mediterraneo dell’Arte Presente(Museum of Present Art)ex Chiesa S. Michele delle Scuole Pie, via Tarantini 37Opening hours n/a

Chiostro dell’Archivio di Stato(Cloister of the Public Records Office)piazza Santa TeresaOpen Mon – Sat 7.45 am – 1.35 pm

Tue & Thur 7.45 am – 5.20 pm

Museo Santa Teresa degli Scalzi(St Teresa of the discalced Museum)piazza Santa TeresaOpening hours n/a

Bastione di Porta Mesagnevia C. ColomboOpen Mon – Sun 10.30 am – 1.30 pm, 4.30 pm – 8.30 pm

Bastione San Giacomovia N. SauroOpen Tue – Sun 9 am – 12 am, 5.30 pm – 8.30 pm

How to use the map“Brindisi in an hour – In the heart of Brindisi” is a map created to help visitors discover Brindisi through an original historical and artistic itinerary.

Walk along the route the map suggests, in an hour you can get to know local history and traditions. How do the people of Brindisi live? What do they eat? Which are the town’s most frequented areas? And on the other hand which are less known but worth visiting at least once?

Between sacred and profane, legends and mottos, rites and famous people, with great satisfaction we’ll reveal the town’s unknown facts.

To enter the heart of Brindisi follow routes from 1 to 22. And if you’d like to stay for more than an hour and find out more of Brindisi’s culture and history, follow the “+ points”. Just fold down the top part of the map to find out more about the most famous monuments, the museums and the ancient churches.

Have fun following this itinerary that tells you with about local cultural in an informal manner. Join the community share pictures and videos of your visit to the heart of Brindisi on www.visitabrindisiora.it/en.

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It’s a historical and picturesque neigh-borhood named after a kind of fishing net used on the “skifarieddi” (a typical small boat made of wood) that used to be repaired on the wharves. Up to the thirties the area used to be a lot bigger, but the fascist architecture im-posed the demolition of many houses and roads in order to build Piazza Santa Teresa and the fountain below. In the downsized area that has reduced it’s fishing activity you can now find restaurants and nightclubs that outline the wonderful view.

LE SCIABBICHEaIt originally dates back to 1089 when it used to be entitled to St. Mary Vetera-na. The way it looks today is the result of various architectural rehashes that, in time have added a cloister on the leftside (XVII cent.) and a cloister inside (XII cent.). The neighborhood was named after the church, and that gives an idea of the importance it has had for a very long time (XVI cent.) as shown by the documents found in the parish.

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The “suspended” theatre designed by architect Nespegna in the ‘70 on the archeological area of San Pietro de-gli Schiavoni. The town already had a theatre on corso Umberto I, built at the beginning of the 20th century and wrongfully demolished in 1960. The theatre offers a quality programme, nearly 1000 seats and a large foyer from where you can admire, through a glass floor, the underlying archeologi-cal site. The whole archeological area can be visited during the day, the en-trance is located outside the theatre.

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The imposing façade makes piazza Duomo one of the town’s most sugges-tive corners. Inside an ancient mosaic and several paintings embellish the structure. Next to the bell tower arc, restructered after the bombings of the II World War, the museum has open space where many teenagers gather (although not visit the museum’s bronzes) to exercise breakdance on the white and smooth paving.

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The natural conformation in a deer’s head shape is due to the erosion in the centuries of the Cillarese and Palmarini torrents. Mankind has transformed this natural basin into a safe and reli-able port. The first settlements in the area were messapian, but it was dur-ing the Roman Empire that Brindisi’s port became strategic for commercial purposes. During the I World War it also became call for allied steamers. In 1991 it hosted thousands of Alba-nian immigrants. It is now divided in different areas (military, commercial, touristic and industrial), and hosts ten multifunctional docks.

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Built in one of the oldest streets of Brindisi, via Lata, the church has al-ways had a very important role for the whole community. Entitled to the Holy Trinity, but mostly known as Santa Lu-cia, the religious building was built on ancient cript with three navas of the 13th century, it treasures wonderful frescos of the 14th century and paint-ings of the 18th.

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The church located at the end of the square is named after St. Sebastian, and was built by the confraternity of the “Anime del Purgatorio” (Purga-tory Souls) in 1670. The square outside the church is of the beginning of the 20th century, and it hosts the “focara”, a bonfire rite in honor of St Antonio Abate (st. Anthony Abbot). Every year on the 17th of January the religious rite takes place with a large bonfire and around it animal owners that come for they animals to be blessed (today it’s mostly pets but in ancient times it used be working animals).

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As reported on the coat of arms at the entrance of via Tarantini, they started working on the building in 1664 at the behest of Archbishop de Estrada. St. Micheal’s Church and the annex dorm soon become very important cultural centers. The building has three entrances and a cloister. The church now hosts the “Map” museum for ex-hibitions of contemporary artists; the cloister is often seat of cultural and musical events.

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The historic building dating from the mid-16th century hosts on it’s highest floors the mayor’s representative of-fices. After being sold to the Nerveg-na family in the second half of the 19th century, it has been seat in the past century of the Civil Court and of the Court of Assizes. The complex preserves the original top mounting of the Roman column, and hosts a va-riety of exhibitions of contemporary, and non, art.

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The fruit and vegetable market once used to be located between piazza Vittoria and the Chiesa delle Anime (Soul’s Church). The council decided to change the market’s location to a more appropriate and serviced area, as Brindisi had gained an important com-mercial and touristic role at the end of the 19th century. In 1911 the new busi-ness area was opened.

PIAZZA MERCATOjThe square is named after the baroque church, deconsecrated a long time ago, is now seat of the “Tarantini” Diocesan Museum. Next to the church rises the Carmelites Convent now seat of the Public Records office. The Monument to fallen soldiers overlooks the square, and was made by Edgardo Simone (an artist from Brindisi) and positioned in 1940.

PIAZZA SANTA TERESAb They are the major evidence of the im-

portance of Brindisi during the Roman period. They are usually described as symbol of the end of the Appian Way, but were actually built on a sacred hill as to wish good luck to all travelers leaving this port to reach distant desti-nations. “There are three safe ports in the world: June, July and Brindisi…” and Virgil, who died in a house near the columns, looked at these same wa-ters (at that time a lot more clear).

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navetta aeroparcheggio

3 minutes walking

Legend

Info point

Train station

Maritime station

Taxi

Airport shuttle

Car park

Wi-Fi

Points of interest

Extra points

Visit Brindisi in an hour

Another 5 minutes in town

Palazzo Virgilio Hotel

Camera di Commercio

Hotel Barsotti

Hotel Orientale

Hotel Colonna

Grande Albergo Internazionale

Approdo Yachts Service

Titi Shipping

Assonautica

Approdo delle Indie

piazza Cairoli

via Latavia Saponea

via C. Cavour

via Lata

via Mattonelle

via de’ Flagilla

vico d’Afflitto

via G. Tarantini

via Annibale de Leo

viale Regina Margherita

via Colonne

via Lauro

via Armengol

via M. Pacuvio

largoDe Calò

piazzaMatteotti

piazzaVittoria

largoAnime

piazzaMercato

piazzaDuomo

piazzaSantaTeresa

piazzaleLenio Flacco

largoSan Paolo

via D. del Balzo

via S. Nicolicchio

via Casimiro

corso Giuseppe Garibaldi

corso Roma

piazzaVittorio

Emanuele

via Duom

o

via Guerrieri

via Santi

viale della Libertà

via dei Mille

via Castello

via Sant’Aloy

vico Bianchi

largoGuglielmo

via Palestro

via Cristoforo Colombo

via Bastioni Carlo V

StazioneCentrale

corso Umberto I

via G. Mazzini

via XX Settembre

corso Umberto I

via de’ Caracciolo

via P. Santabarbara

via San Benedetto

vico Seminario

via Ferrante Fornari

via Prov. San Vito

via F. Consiglio

via Cesare Battisti

via San Lorenzo da Brindisi

via d

el M

are

via Annunziata

via Belvedere

via Carmine

via Co nserva

via Sant’Ippolito

via de Muscettola

in an hourvisit Brindisi

Historical and artistic itinerary for real travelers

Illustrations:Azzurra Cecchini

Bibliographic sourcesTo carry out this project we have consulted texts of the Archivio di Stato and Biblioteca Provinciale di

Brindisi

On the webwww.visitabrindisiora.it/en

www.maderamedia.comwww.ilovebrindisi.it

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