Taranto
Italy's instep port
Taranto is a port city in southern Italy, situated on the heel of the Italian boot along the Ionian Sea.
It serves as a major naval base and industrial center.
The city lends its name to the tarantella dance and, through folk etymology, to the tarantula spider—both supposedly connected to the frenzied movements caused by spider bites in the region.
Military port for warships
- arsenalStockpile of munitions
- shipyardVessel construction site
- fleetVehicles under unified command
- MediterraneanSea between Europe, Africa, Asia
torpedo · aircraft carrier · harbor · anchorage · warship · destroyer · battleship
Edible marine bivalves
- oystersEdible marine mollusks
- clamsEdible burrowing mollusks
- fishingCatching aquatic creatures
- Mediterranean cuisineFoods from southern coastal Europe
seafood market · aquaculture · shellfish · frutti di mare · fishermen · trawlers
Industrial metal production facility
- ironworksIndustrial metalworking facility
- industrialOf factories and production
- factoryIndustrial production facility
- pollutionEnvironmental harm from waste
manufacturing · metallurgy · foundry · smelting · heavy industry · smokestacks · workers · contamination
Epirote king, expensive triumphs
- Roman conquestImperial military expansion
- ByzantineOf Constantinople's civilization
- Norman1066 England conqueror
- castleFortified medieval residence
old town · citadel · archaeology · antiquity
Puglia
Southeastern Italian region
- Ionian SeaMediterranean between Greece, Italy
naval base
Military port for warships
Mediterranean · torpedo · aircraft carrier · harbor · anchorage · warship · destroyer · battleship
mussels
Edible marine bivalves
Mediterranean cuisine · seafood market · aquaculture · shellfish · frutti di mare · fishermen · trawlers
steelworks
Industrial metal production facility
- ironworksIndustrial metalworking facility
- industrialOf factories and production
- factoryIndustrial production facility
pollution · manufacturing · metallurgy · foundry · smelting · heavy industry · smokestacks · workers · contamination · deindustrialization
Pyrrhus
Epirote king, expensive triumphs
- Roman conquestImperial military expansion
- ByzantineOf Constantinople's civilization
- Norman1066 England conqueror
castle · old town · citadel · archaeology · antiquity
- Quentin Tarantino
- tarantula hawkSpider-hunting wasp species