Foreigners — and residents — long avoided Bari’s old town, which had been plagued by mob crime. Now, with direct flights from ...

Yet compared to other regions of Italy, Puglia — pronounced pool-yah ... ‘Florence of the South’ because of its rich Baroque architecture.” Lecce’s soft limestone meant easy carving ...

The 400 m2 main residence features period architecture ... or a place to work and live in peace and luxury. Puglia is undeniably one of Italy’s rising stars in the luxury real estate market.

Pietra leccese is a type of limestone known for being the main material used during the Baroque era to build churches and ...

I recently wandered through Italy’s heel, Puglia, to pursue my version of ... And while towering piazzas with 17th-century architecture reign supreme in Lecce, its maze of narrow cobblestone ...