Taranto Facts for Kids

Quick facts for kids

Taranto

Comune

Comune di Taranto

Coat of arms

Nickname(s):

city of two seas, Ionic capital.

Country

Frazioni

Talsano, Lido Azzurro, Lama, San Vito

Area

• Total

217 km² (84 sq mi)

Elevation

15 m (49 ft)

Population

(2001)

• Total

201,349

• Density

927.9/km² (2,403/sq mi)

Tarantini or Tarentini

• Summer (DST)

Postal code

74100

Dialing code

099

Patron saint

San Cataldo

Saint day

May 10

Website

www.comune.taranto.it

Taranto is a city in the Apulia region of Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Taranto. The population is 201,349. Taranto also has a large port.

Images for kids

Taranto naval base for the Italian Regia Marina's First Squadron, 1930s
Taranto & harbor from ISS, 2017
The view of the Little Sea from the Appian Way
The two leaves of the 1887-built Ponte Girevole turning to open the waterway for a large ship
Palazzo del Governo facing the Lungomare, which was inaugurated in 1934 by Benito Mussolini
Via Cava in Old Town. The painted red arched door of the old, multi-storied palazzo is an example of the street art that since 2013 became a feature of Old Town
Old derelict buildings in Via di Mezzo which forms the cross that divides the four pittagi
Advert for beer in the Tarantino dialect.
Tarantinian mussels cooked in a pan
Ancient coin from Taranto, with the eponym Taras hero riding a dolphin.
Silver stater from Tarentum c. 330 BC
Silver stater from Tarentum c. 290 BC
Bronze and gold nutcracker, late 4th-early 3rd century BC. Taranto Archaeological National Museum
Horace, Ode to Septimius - Celebrating plate