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Apulia, a region in South Italy stretching along the Adriatic sea. Look at the map: our land is located at the southern extremity of Europe and in the center of the Mediterranean, very close to the East, forming a kind of geographical bridge between western Europe, the Balkans and the Middle East. Owing this privileged position, since ancient times, Apulia has always been an ideal region for human settlement and a zone of commercial and cultural exchange.
Iapygians, Greeks and Romans, Byzantines and Arabs, Normans, Swabians and Aragonese - many are the peoples that have lived in Apulia during the course of the centuries; all of them have left traces of their passing. Than the Mediterranean was the known world, the centre of civilization and trade. The Romans builted the Appian Way (in latin "Via Appia"), an ancient road which connected Rome with Brindisi; it was called "the Queen of roads" (regina viarum) because of its strategic linking function with the eastern provinces.
Nowadays, after the fall of the iron curtain, the war in the former Yugoslavia, the Albania's difficult return to democracy, history seems to had taken again his natural course. Communities facing the Adriatic sea, which up to a few years ago were isolated, are now discoverig they are much closer, with the consciousness that every wealth and progress will come by strengthening trade and cultural relations with each other. Apulia is getting again his geopolitical role of linking region with the East, therefore the whole Adriatic area will certainly see a remarkable intensification of exchange, of productive activity and consumption.
Some interesting data :
Apulia is divided into five provinces: Bari, Brindisi, Foggia, Lecce, Taranto. It is washed by both the Adriatic and the Ionian seas; the coast line has a total lengh of 784 kilometrs.With its four million inhabitants and an area of 19.357 square kilometres, Apulia is the seventh largest region in Italy and the population density is above the national average.
Apulia's GDP totals 77.256,6 billion Lire, about the 5,5 % of italian GDP that is among the highest in the European Union.
Infrastructure: Apulia has more than 16.300 kilometres of roads covering the whole region and can also be easily reached from all parts of Italy and Europe by motorway. Important port facilities exist at Taranto (industrial merchandise), Bari and Brindisi which have the main italian links with Greece, Turkey and the Middle East. Two the domestic airports at Bari and Brindisi, even with frequent international flights.
Tourism: The long coastline, the airy and pleasant climate typical of the central Mediterranean area, the outstandig inheritance of historical, artistic and religious relics, the folklore and popular traditions of Apulia make this an ideal spot for both a seaside and a cultural holiday. There are any number of seaside resorts and health resorts. Everywhere you find good hotel accomodation and this is supplemented by touristic villages and camping grounds.
Business climate: Apulia's economy is now having a strong recovery and expansion with a rising confidence . Firms have a hight rates of return on investments thanks to the low labour cost, the rising domestic demand, the closely connection to growing economic centres and, last but not least, a promoting legislation.
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