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Historic map of Otranto by Piri Reis The fortress. Otranto occupies the site of the ancient Greek city of Magna Graecia Hydrus (in Greek: Ὑδροῦς) or Hydruntum (in Latin), also known as Hydrunton, Hydronton, or Hydruntu. Otranto was a town of Messapian (Illyrian) origin, which, in the wars of Pyrrhus and of Hannibal sided against Rome.
The geography of Mexico describes the geographic features of Mexico, a country in the Americas. Mexico is located at about 23° N and 102° W [1] in the southern portion of North America. [2] [3] From its farthest land points, Mexico is a little over 3,200 km (2,000 mi) in length.
Otranto Cathedral; Battle of the Strait of Otranto (1917) Ottoman conquest of Otranto; S. Action in the Strait of Otranto; T. Tragedy of Otranto This page was ...
Topographic map of Mexico Pico de Orizaba, the highest mountain in Mexico. Mexico is located between latitudes 14° and 33°N, and longitudes 86° and 119°W in the southern portion of North America, with a total area of 1,972,550 km 2 (761,606 sq mi), is the world's 13th largest country by total area.
The Grotta dei Cervi, the Grotta Romanelli and the Grotta delle Veneri are all located in the coastal Karst formations on the Salento peninsula in southern Apulia.Deemed to constitute a notable local cultural continuity of Paleolithic and Neolithic human occupation, the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities of Apulia formally submitted for the induction into the World Heritage List in ...
Terra d'Otranto emblem. It stems from the symbol of Aragon and is currently used as the coat of arms of the province of Lecce.. The Terra di Otranto, or Terra d'Otranto (in English, Land of Otranto), is an historical and geographical region of Apulia, largely corresponding to the Salento peninsula, anciently part of the Kingdom of Sicily and later of the Kingdom of Naples, which became a ...
The Otranto Barrage was an Allied naval blockade of the Strait of Otranto between Brindisi in Italy and Corfu on the Greek side of the Adriatic Sea in the First World War. The operation consisted of over 200 vessels at the height of the blockade.
Locator map of Salento, displayed in red. The Salento peninsula is composed of limestone , dividing the Gulf of Taranto to the west from the Strait of Otranto on the east, with the Adriatic Sea to the north and the Ionian Sea to the south.