135. Ancient Connections Along Puglia's Pilgrim Trails
Untold Italy travel podcast
Katy Clarke
4.6 • 659 Ratings
🗓️ 5 August 2022
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Hear local guide Paulo Maragliulo share the stories and history of the pilgrim routes travelers followed that pass through Puglia on the way to Jerusalem. You'll be amazed at the connections forged over centuries through a tradition of travel and commerce along these important trails.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Untold Italy travel podcast and you're listening to episode number 135. |
| 0:12.7 | Ciao at all and benvenuti to Untold Italy, the travel podcast where you go to the towns and |
| 0:19.2 | villages, mountains and lakes, hills and coastlines |
| 0:22.8 | of Bella Italia. |
| 0:24.5 | Each week your host, Katie Clark, takes you on a journey in search of magical landscapes, |
| 0:30.4 | history, culture, wine, gelato, and of course, a whole lot of pasta. |
| 0:36.1 | If you're dreaming of Italy and planning future adventures there, you've come to the right place. |
| 0:51.3 | Chal friends, happy Friday and welcome to your weekly virtual trip to Italy. Today we're heading |
| 0:57.6 | to the southeastern corner of the boot, the heel if you will, to the gorgeous and ancient |
| 1:02.2 | region of Puglia. I was lucky enough to spend a week there recently and was just entranced by |
| 1:08.2 | the beauty, the scenery, its gorgeous towns, and of course it's amazing |
| 1:12.7 | food and wine. But underpinning all of this is a deep and rich history stretching back centuries |
| 1:18.3 | that has, of course, shaped the area as we know it today. Puglia lies in a very strategic |
| 1:24.6 | position in the Mediterranean and, as we'll hear, has been on the path of |
| 1:28.8 | medieval pilgrims whose stories and motivations may not have been so different to our own. |
| 1:34.2 | Our guest is Paolo, a local tour guide who has been working with visitors to his region for many |
| 1:39.0 | years. Palo and I met this year in June, and he's got such a brilliant way of sharing the |
| 1:44.5 | Tales of Pullier that I just had to invite him onto the show. |
| 1:49.2 | Benvenito, Paolo. |
| 1:50.7 | Welcome to the Untold Italy podcast. |
| 1:53.4 | Ciao, everybody. |
| 1:54.8 | It's really, really nice to be here with you. |
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