‘Gallipoli’ Archives
Ophrys holoserica subsp. apulica
During our walking along the Gallipoli's coast and mediterranean scrub ( macchia mediterranea), if the season is the right one (spring), it's simple to find wild orchids. This is an ophrys, found into the "Pizzo e Isola S. Andrea" natural park.
A wonderful day
It was two days before Easter 2012... A warm, calm, wonderful day to have a brief journey in the "Pizzo" natural park, in south Gallipoli. We parked the car under a pine tree, walked for 15 minutes in a nice wood, and then arrived to the sea... It was of a thousand of colors, full of life, ready for a spectacular summer season. On the shores, a [...]
iGallipoli: our town in an app!
A great job was recently completed by Antonio, with my little help.... iGallipoli, a fantastic app that helps tourists to visit Gallipoli, is available both for iPhone/iPad and for Android. Please go ahead and download and install it: it's done very well, I think, and it's useful to learn about Gallipoli and her nice monuments, churches and good [...]
Purita’s church
In Gallipoli there are a lot of churches mainly in the ancient town. Some of them are along the city walls that were protecting the town from enemies coming from the sea. The church of "Santa Maria della Purita'" has a nice and artistic maiolic painting and it's dedicated also to Santa Cristina.
Beach and sea at Gallipoli
We took this photo during our summer holidays. We were often going to the beach very early in the morning, when nobody was yet present. So all the place was for us! But after some hours the beach was full of people... As usual in Gallipoli there are a lot of tourists: I hope that we Gallipolini will be more able in the future to capitalize on [...]
Cardium edulum
I have found this nice shell at "Lido Sottovento", Gallipoli. I like to swim with goggles, searching for life forms to observe. When I find a shell, or something else that could be collected, I bring it and maintain in my wonderful ice-cream boxes!!! Every summer in this way I increase my collection: mainly shells, but also corals, leaves, [...]
