Tarantismo, and the chapel at Galatina
The rite of the tarantate has a precise address, and a date: 29 June.
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Castel del Monte: the castle nobody can explain
An octagonal castle built in 1240 by Frederick II. No moat, no drawbridge, no stables — and no agreement on what it was for.
The dialects of Puglia: four languages, and a few proverbs
Puglia does not have one dialect but at least four, different enough that speakers from opposite ends of the region struggle to understand each other.
Ferragosto in the sixties: when Apulians went to the sea on a lorry
Sides up, mattresses on the flatbed and the dishes balanced on people’s knees: before there were cars, Apulians went to the sea on 15 August on the back of a lorry. The story of a holiday invented in 1931.
