Santa Maria al Bagno

Santa Maria al Bagno lies along the Ionian coast of Salento, where a small bay and low limestone shore open onto the sea. Part of the municipality of Nardò, it is a compact resort settlement on Apulia’s western Salento shoreline, between Gallipoli and Porto Cesareo. The waterfront is marked by Torre del Fiume di Galatena, better known as Quattro Colonne, the remains of a 16th-century coastal fortification. After the Second World War, the town hosted a displaced persons camp for Jewish survivors; the Museo della Memoria e dell’Accoglienza records this chapter through documents and murals. See how Santa Maria al Bagno fits within the wider Salento coast by browsing webcams nearby.

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