Piety to Pyrotechnics at Easter Weekend By Sharon Bloomfield CISTERNINO — The air is crisp. The myriad greens of an Italian spring have burst forth. Today is Pasquetta, the day after Easter. Outside a church near Cisternino, in the Puglia region, the heel of Italy’s boot, a brass band is pulling...

The Other Side of Italy photos by Annie Schlechter Even Americans who have never traveled to Italy have a picture of it in their heads—romantic Rome, fashionable Milan, art-filled Florence, seductive Venice. But Puglia, on the Adriatic coast? That’s another...

Traditional Life in Puglia, Italy “On a journey though the southern region of Salento, T + L discovers traditional life in Puglia, Italy” By Michael Frank My wife, Jo Anne, and I had decided to go to Rome with our new baby. She was seven weeks new. Lucia: bringer of light. She brought it...

Puglia is characterized by several things: endless sunshine, fresh produce and fish, two beautiful coastlines, warm open people, the baroque architecture of Lecce….. and these strange hobbit like structures that dot the Itria Valley. These dwellings are called trulli (plural for trullo) and they...