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What are "pettole"? Let's discover this traditional food, which is a symbol of Christmas period in the area of Taranto. Pettola . A little pillow of soft and hot dough. You take it from a corner with the tip of your thumb and your index finger: it’s fresh of frying, you know it’s hot, but you’re willing to risk for it. You bring it to your mouth and bite it, curling your lips not to burn them at least, and “crunch”. The thin crust doesn’t oppose: you sink your teeth in its soft heart.  Everything happens while your mother tells you off because you stole a pettola just taken off boiling oil and see your face writhing in the battle against heat in your mouth. Leggi in italiano

Santa Cecilia, il giorno che sancisce l'inizio del periodo natalizio nell'area di Taranto. Eventi, musica e le gustose pettole sono gli ingredienti principali di questa festa.  Oggi scopriamo questa tradizione tutta tarantina. Il giorno di  Santa Cecilia  per  Taranto  e i tarantini ha un significato particolare. Lo si aspetta, lo si celebra, nelle parrocchie i ragazzi si preparano a questa ricorrenza con cori per il consueto concerto. Con questi festeggiamenti inizia il tanto atteso  periodo natalizio di Taranto, il più lungo d’Italia. Read in English

A village named "town-cathedral", a monument among the most important of Basilicata and some mysteries that live within its walls. Let's visit the cathedral of Acerenza. Visiting a cathedral, whether one is a believer or not, is always exiting. It’s like entering a work of art, the history of the place that hosts it and its beliefs. If you add to it a touch of mystery, something whispers to my ear to grab my camera, my notebook, to jump in the car and to discover the new mystery. I’m talking to you about the cathedral of Acerenza , a little village in Basilicata , in the province of Potenza, included among the Borghi più belli d’Italia (the most beautiful villages of Italy). They say that this holy place is linked to a character, about which you would hardly think in this part of the world, Count Dracula . Leggi in italiano