Location: Province of Taranto
Top Things to do in Province of Taranto
The 10 Best Museums in Province of Taranto, Puglia
The province of Taranto (Italian: provincia di Taranto), previously known as the province of the Ionian, is a province in the Apulia region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Taranto. It has an area of 2,437 square kilometres (941 sq mi), and a total population of 578,465 (2001). There are 29 comuni (singular: comune) in the province, all of which are listed at comunes of the Province of Taranto. The coat of arms of the province contains a scorpion, which Pyrrhus is thought to have seen when looking down at Taranto.
Restaurants in Province of Taranto
1. Museo Missionario Cinese e di Storia Naturale
2. Osservatorio Astronomico Isaac Newton
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5.0 based on 3 reviews
3. Mostra Storico-Artigiana dell’Arsenale Militare Marittimo
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5.0 based on 33 reviews
It's necessary to book the visit with two days in advance. Open day sunday 29/3/2020. 09.00 am at 17.00 pm
4. Casa Vestita
5. MuDi - Museo Diocesano di Arte Sacra
6. La Piazzetta
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5.0 based on 3 reviews
Home exhibition gallery for exhibitions presentation of books and book for free admission
7. KETOS - centro euromediterraneo del mare e dei cetacei
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5.0 based on 10 reviews
Ketos is Jonian Dolphin Conservation research center funded in partnership with other local partners. Equipped with attractive and highly technological tools, a laboratory with scientific equipment and a classroom, Ketos is the place where citizens meet the sea and the marine mammals of the Golfo di Taranto. A Mar Grande and Mar Piccolo tour on board of our catamaran is included in the entrance.
8. Museo Nazionale Archeologico
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4.5 based on 1,219 reviews
The National Archaeological Museum of Taranto is ones of the most important in Italy and was founded in 1887. The Museum is located from the beginning in a building named as Convent of S. Pasquale or of the Alcantarini monks, erected in mid-18th century. The structure has been expanded during the 20th century by the erection of the Northern wing, named Ala Ceschi. On the 29 July 2016 was opened the second floor. The MArTA in his magnificent new look HAS BEEN RETURNED TO THE PUBLIC!. It's a leap into history: a story of Taranto and the territory. The new exhibition traces the history of men and women from the Paleolithic until the IV century B.C; completing the exhibition of the first floor of the museum
Reviewed By SomiLondon - Kew, United Kingdom
A cut above many in Italy. Tells a great story, beautifully laid out, very well written descriptions of the wonderful treasures in both Italian and first class English. Well worth a visit. Currently online timed booking only though they also sold tickets at the desk as not busy.
9. Museo della Civilta del Vino Primitivo
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4.5 based on 275 reviews
The Museum of the Wine Primitivo Culture was created to remind the men and the objects that marked the history of wine Primitivo. The fascinating expositive journey is divided into more than thirty settings in ancient underground cisterns of a nineteenth-century cellar which have been transformed in original environments with different themes. The Museum offers to the visiting wine lovers different wine tastings accompanied by food of the authentic rural tradition gastronomy: during these tastings food and wines are described in detail as part of the local history.
10. Rudolph Valentino Museum
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