Martina Franca (Puglia)

Flea market in Piazza Vittorio Veneto, in Martina Franca

Alleyway of Martina Franca

View of the Basilica di San Martino in Martina Franca

Martina Franca or only Martina is a municipality in the province of Taranto, Puglia. Since 1975, the town has hosted the annual summer opera festival, the Festival della Valle d'Itria. The town has a particularly beautiful old town surrounded by stone walls with prominent Baroque gates leading to piazzas and narrow, winding streets. Piazza Roma is the largest square in the old town, with a greenspace in the center of a largely triangular grass pattern, facing the 17th century Palazzo Ducale.

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Crostini with Burrata Cheese and Sun-Dried Tomatoes. Ph. credit Coral Sisk
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Our recipe of the week is a tasty appetizer dish by writer and blogger Coral Sisk
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Typical Easter Cake Made in Puglia: Scarcelle
Typical Easter Cake Made in Puglia: Scarcelle
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Tomatoes Al Gratin Apulia Style
Pomodori gratinati alla pugliese
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Bread and tomato salad
Friselle Bread and Tomato Salad
Friselle are a kind of dry bread made in Puglia with durum wheat and barley
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@Frederick asks:

If anyone can help. 

We are in the process of purchasing a 3 cone Trullo in Puglia, which needs extensive restoration. Total internal floor area is circa 60sqm. I have read alot about the process involves, re "geometra" and skilled builders. 

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@BertG asks:

Buon giorno!

im Dutch; my partner is Russian.I have kids in Holland from first marriage. I’m the only ownership of the house.   Does someone know In case of death 

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@BertG asks:

Ciao !
I bought a Trullo in Ostuni . 
Does anybody know the best way to renovate a Trullo? Or maybe builders in Puglia? 
grazie 

thank you 

Bert 

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