Crossword clues for taranto
taranto
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Taranto (; early Italian: Tarento from ; Ancient Greek: Tarās; Modern Greek: Tarantas; Tarantino "Tarde") is a coastal city in Apulia, Southern Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Taranto and is an important commercial port as well as the main Italian naval base.
It is the third-largest continental city of Southern Italy: according to 2011 population census, it has a population of 200,154.
Taranto is an important commercial and military port. It has well-developed steel and iron foundries, oil refineries, chemical works, some shipyards for building warships, and food-processing factories. Taranto is known as "The Spartan City" because it was the only colony ever founded by Sparta, in 706 BC.
In ancient times around 500 BC the city was one of the largest in the world with population estimates up to 300,000 people.
Usage examples of "taranto".
Italy, and other harbours, like Brindisi and Taranto, will fall into our possession thereafter.
Like the old town of Taranto, Cotrone occupies the site of the ancient acropolis, a little headland jutting into the sea.
Let Taranto try as it will to be modern and progressive, there is a retarding force which shows little sign of being overcome—.