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Italian Historian, Director of
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Carl Ipsen
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Salento diary (Castro)
Briefly, here is a gallery of shots from a trek I took Monday starting and ending in Castro, described by some as a little Taormina....
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Apr 13, 20161 min read


Salento Diary (Salve)
Sunday I enjoyed another example of the sort of grassroots organization that seems to characterize a new generation of salentini. I...
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Apr 12, 20162 min read


Salento Diary (Xylella III)
The next important question – perhaps the most important of all – about the xylella “crisis” regards the nature of the response. Is the...
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Apr 10, 20162 min read


Salento Diary (trekking)
I’ve come across an excellent guide to visiting the Salento titled Trekking nel Salento. It includes 21 three to four hour hikes that...
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Apr 9, 20161 min read


Salento Diary (Supersanum)
Earlier this week I met with Paolo Nutricato, a native of Supersano (a town right in the middle of the lower Salento), who with his...
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Apr 8, 20162 min read
Olio I
I realize this is dangerous territory (and Albert is sure to disagree with some of this), but blogging/writing serves in part to sort out...
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Apr 7, 20163 min read


Salento Diary (Xylella II)
[I] risk losing the thread. One question asked by local commentators and shareholders about the xylella “crisis” (see Xylella I post) was...
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Apr 5, 20162 min read


Salento Diary (festivo)
So Sunday I guess can be a day for straight tourism, though as I have learned these past couple of years, tourism too can be an object of...
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Apr 4, 20162 min read


Salento Diary
This morning I attended another agro meeting: 30-40 local farmers (almost all young) interested in composting and vermiculture. One of...
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Apr 3, 20162 min read


Salento Diary (illustrated)
I walked today from the Masseria to Ugento and back including a beautiful stretch along the via delle monacelle. Here is some of what I...
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Apr 1, 20162 min read
Salento Diary (Xylella I)
Yesterday I attended a three-hour meeting of concerned organic olive growers from the Salento. They have been fighting, with some...
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Mar 31, 20162 min read


Salento Diary
The Salento has apparently become a hot tourist attraction in the past decade or so. No wonder given the beauty of the countryside and...
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Mar 30, 20162 min read


Salento Diary
Easter Sunday. Having arrived in the rain yesterday evening, this morning instead I enjoyed a sunny walk on the beach accompanied by a...
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Mar 27, 20161 min read


Salento Diary
I am on the train in Puglia, heading toward Lecce and from there south to the Masseria Gianferrante near Ugento. I was last there in, I...
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Mar 26, 20162 min read
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