The origin of the city of Taranto dates from the 8th century BC when it was founded as a Greek colony, known as Taras. Taras gradually increased its influence...

Taranto (Italian pronunciation: [ˈtaːranto] ; Tarantino: Tarde) is a coastal city in Apulia, Southern Italy. It is the former capital of the province of...

The Battle of Taranto took place on the night of 11/12 November 1940 during the Second World War between British naval forces, under Admiral Andrew Cunningham...

of Apulia. Taranto became the capital of the principality, which covered almost all of the heel of Apulia. During its subsequent 377 years of history...

Taranto Football Club 1927, commonly referred to as Taranto, is a professional Italian football club, based in Taranto, Apulia. Originally founded in 1927...

(formerly the Greek colony of Taras) See also History of Taranto Tarentum (Campus Martius), also Terentum, an area in or on the edge of the Campus Martius in...

sea at the Italian port of Taranto during the Second World War. The operation, one of three landings during the Allied invasion of Italy in September 1943...

took place in Calabria (Operation Baytown) and Taranto (Operation Slapstick). Following the defeat of the Axis powers in North Africa in May 1943, there...

province of Taranto (Italian: provincia di Taranto; Tarantino: provìgne de Tarde; Salentino: provincia ti Tàrantu), previously known as the province of the...

seat of the Archdiocese of Taranto. "Taranto Cathedral". Religiana. Retrieved 2022-07-25. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cathedral (Taranto). 40°28′34″N...

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Taranto in the Apulia region of Italy. 8th C. BCE - "Greeks from Sparta and Laconia took ancient...

Robert II of Taranto (1319 or early winter 1326 – 10 September 1364), of the Angevin family, Prince of Taranto (1331–1346), King of Albania (1331–1332)...

Bohemond I of Antioch (c. 1054 – 5 or 7 March 1111), also known as Bohemond of Taranto or Bohemond of Hauteville, was the prince of Taranto from 1089 to...

Isabella of Clermont (c. 1424 – 30 March 1465), also known as Isabella of Taranto, was queen of Naples as the first wife of King Ferdinand I of Naples,...

Philip I of Taranto (10 November 1278 – 26 December 1331), of the Angevin house, was titular Latin Emperor of Constantinople (as Philip II) by right of his...

Verona Messina Padua Trieste Brescia Taranto Parma Prato Modena Metropolitan cities of Italy List of metropolitan areas of Italy "Bilancio demografico mensile"...

The Port of Taranto (Italian: Porto di Taranto) is a port serving Taranto, southeastern Italy. One of the first in Italy for goods traffic, it is located...

east, the Strait of Otranto and Ionian Sea to the southeast and the Gulf of Taranto to the south. The region comprises 19,345 square kilometers (7,469 sq mi)...

History of Rome, 25. 7. 10-1. 8. 10. Adrian Goldsworthy, The Fall of Carthage, pp 231-232; Polybius, The Histories, 8. 24. 4-34. 13; Livy, History of...

centre of Taranto, Italy. It is the oldest temple in Magna Graecia and the only Greek religious structure still visible in the old town of Taranto. The temple...

Archdiocese of Taranto (Latin: Archidioecesis Tarentina) is a Latin archdiocese of the Catholic Church in southern Italy, on a bay in the Gulf of Taranto. Its...

Battle of Tarentum of 209 BC took place during the Second Punic War. The Romans, led by Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus, recaptured the city of Tarentum...

Joan of Taranto (died March 1323) was Queen of Armenia by marriage to Oshin, King of Armenia. As daughter of Philip I, Prince of Taranto, she was a member...

Catherine II, also Catherine of Valois or Catherine of Taranto (before 15 April 1303 – October 1346), was the recognised Latin Empress of Constantinople from 1307–1346...

serving Taranto and Grottaglie, both comunes in the province of Taranto in Italy. The airport is located 1.5 kilometres (0.9 mi) from the city of Monteiasi...

Cumae, Naples, Reggio Calabria, Crotone, Sybaris, and Taranto, as well as in the eastern two-thirds of Sicily. After 650 BC, the Etruscans became dominant...

Charles of Taranto (1296 – 29 August 1315) was the eldest son of Philip I, Prince of Taranto and titular Latin Emperor of Constantinople, and his wife...

This is a timeline of Roman history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in the Roman Kingdom and Republic and the...

Giardini Botanici Villa Taranto (16 hectares) are botanical gardens located on the western shore of Lake Maggiore in Pallanza, Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola...

chapter of the city's industrial history. Nonetheless, Raffo continued to be the most popular beer of Taranto. In 2008, Peroni added Taras, the symbol of Taranto...