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This long strip of land that forms the heel of the
Italian “boot” is home to a few hundred kilometres of
warm and sunny beaches.
The plains that make up the rest of the countryside
is home to a great deal of high value agriculture. Crops
include olives, figs, grapes, almonds, tobacco and livestock.
Nearly 10% of all the wine in Europe comes from Puglia,
though much of it is used to blend with more notable
wines from elsewhere.
Made up of six provinces that all share the same coastline,
the region contains archaeological evidence of the oldest
settlements on the Italian mainland, going back over
3,000 years.
Almost 4 million people call this parched area home
and most of them get their water from a Roman era aqueduct
that links the region to Campagnia to the west.
Temperatures can get quite high here in the summer,
sometimes reaching as high as 50C (122F).
It is also mild in the winter and is a popular spring
and autumn destination for tourists.
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