Secret Taranto: Audio Tour of Mysteries and Spirituality in the Old Town

Highlights

• Detailed Audio Content
• Guided Meditations
• Interactive Map & Browser Access

What's included

Itinerary

1. 1

   Castello Aragonese

   Pass by

   Aragonese Castle – The nocturnal presence of soldiers and prisoners. This fortress dominates the entrance to the Old Town and overlooks the sea like an ancient guardian. Its location is not accidental: from here you controlled the access to the port, observed the routes, anticipated the dangers. Its origins date back to the ...

2. 2

   Stop 2

   15min

   Cathedral of San Cataldo – Legends related to the saint and relics. Cathedral of San Cataldo, in the heart of Taranto's Old Town. Before you go in, stop for a moment. Observe the façade, simple compared to the wealth it holds inside. It is as if this place does not want to show itself immediately, but invite you to ...

3. 3

   Chiesa del Carmine

   15min

   Church of Carmine – Linked to the rites of Holy Week, full of emotion. The origins of the church date back to the sixteenth century, when the Carmelite order settled in Taranto, bringing with it a strong devotion to Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Over the centuries, this place has become the center ...

4. 4

   San Domenico Maggiore Church

   15min

   Church of San Domenico Maggiore – Tales of monks and unexplained phenomena. You are in front of the Church of San Domenico Maggiore, in the heart of Taranto's Old Town. Before you go in, stop for a moment. This is not a place that imposes itself on the eye : it is a place that allows itself to be discovered ...

5. 5

   Chiesa di San Pasquale Baylon

   15min

   Church of San Pasquale – Small and intimate, ideal for meditation. Outside, the church almost seems to hide. He doesn't look for attention, he doesn't demand attention. It's as if it exists for those who are willing to really slow down. And already this tells ...

6. 6

   Chiesa di Sant'Anna in Civitanova

   15min

   Church of Sant’Anna – Between ancient devotion and the voices of the people. Its origins date back between the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, in a period when Taranto was made up of compact communities, where faith was lived together, in small spaces, in shared gestures. Saint Anne, the maternal figure par excellence, represented protection, care, continuity. And this place was born with ...

7. 7

   Stop 7

   20min

   Old Town of Taranto – Alleys suspended in time, between tales of spirits and abandoned houses. You are on an island suspended between two seas, the Big Sea and the Small Sea. This location is not only geographical : it is symbolic. Since ancient times, this space has been perceived as a crossing point, a boundary between ...

8. 8

   Stop 8

   Pass by

   Former Convent of San Francesco – Franciscan Silence and Spirituality. The origins of the complex date back to the Middle Ages, between the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, when the Franciscan order spread rapidly throughout Italy. The Franciscans carried with them a precise message: to live with ...

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