ITALY – one amazing experience! means ‘’I Trust and Love you’’

FIRST MOBILITY – , ITALY – 18th – 22nd November 2019 Cordial reception from the Italian partners, really fantastic attitude towards all of us! The principal, the teachers, the students, the families are so hearty welcomed. Thank you so much to all of you! We really appreciate what special things you did for us. DAY 1 – a day at Known as historical centre "Sassi" contains ancient school till noon; a cave dwellings. Matera is one of the 2019 European walk in the old town Capitals of Culture, together with the Bulgarian of Castellaneta and in town of Plovdiv. Matera Cathedral has been the evening - dedicated to Santa Maria della Bruna since 1389. Erasmus Conference Built in an Apulian Romanesque architectural style, the church has a 52 m tall bell tower, and next to the where each country main gate is a statue of the Maria della Bruna, present itself; backed by those of Saints Peter and Paul. The main organized dinner party with traditional Italian food. feature of the façade is the rose window, divided by CASTELLANETA - a sixteen small columns. Two other important city in the province of churches in Matera, both dedicated to the Apostle Peter, are San Pietro Caveoso and Sn Pietro , in Barisano. the region of Southern Italy, located in DAY 3 - is the a territory spanning from capital city of the Murgia to the , characterized by the Metropolitan City numerous ravines. We visited The Castellenata of Bari and of the Apulia region, on Cathedral, San Domenico, San Francesco d’Assisi, the Adriatic Sea, in Santa Maria della Luce, The Gravina of southern Italy. It is Castellaneta and The the second most Rudolfo Valentino important economic center of mainland Southern museum. Italy after Naples, a port and university city, as well as the city of Saint Nicholas. DAY 2 - MATERA is a city in Basilica of Saint Nicholas, the Cathedral of San the region of Basilicata, Sabino and the Hohenstaufen Castle built in Southern Italy. It is for Frederick II. the capital of the province of Matera. The town lies in a small canyon carved out by the Gravina River. ITALY – one amazing experience! Italy means ‘’I Trust and Love you’’

ALBEROBELLO is DAY 5 - a small town of is a town and in the Metropolitan City the province of of Bari, Apulia, Taranto, part of southern Italy. It is the Apulia region of famous for its southeast Italy. unique trullo building The Gravina di s. The trulli of Alberobello have been designated as Laterza, a deep gorge, starts at the southeast edge a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1996. A first of the town. The beautiful ravine of Laterza is a occupation of the area started only in the early natural paradise with rocky churches sixteenth century on the impulse of the Count of and dwellings, dug into rocks overlooking deep Conversano Andrea Matteo III Acquaviva gullies. Laterza, the heart of the “Terra delle d'Aragona. He allowed about forty peasant families Gravine” Regional Natural Park, nestled between from Noci to settle here and cultivate the land, with the Murge of Santeramo, Altamura, and the rocky the obligation to give caves of and . In this wild him the tenth of the paradise, the birthplace of the 11th- crops. century Apennine civilization, there are 30 churches and many dwellings dug into the rock and DAY 4 - TARANTO tufa stone, some of which have yet to be explored. is a coastal city in Apulia, Southern is a small town in Italy. It is the capital of the province of the , Apulia, Taranto and is an important commercial port as well southeastern Italy. as the main Italian naval base. It is considered one of A walk in the the oldest cities in Italy. Taranto was founded by the mediaeval village, Spartans in the 8th century BC and it is the only the Church of Saint Pietro Apostole, the old hamlet colony ever founded by Sparta. It is the third-largest of the Renaissance, located at the bottom of the continental city of southern Italy and an important Castle Stella Caracciolo has a quadrangular shape commercial and military port with well-developed with a closed court where we finished this steel and iron foundries, oil refineries, chemical spectacular trip in Southern Italy with full works, naval shipyards, and food-processing satisfaction, contentment and moral gratification factories. Because of the presence of these two bays, with some traditional Italian dances, many gifts and Taranto is also called "the city of the two seas". delicious food. The Greek colonists from Sparta called the Our gratitude to city Taras, after the mythical hero Taras, while the Italian the Romans, who connected the city to Rome with partners cannot an extension of the Appian way. be expressed, thank you a lot

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