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Situated
west of Brindisi, on the Murge hills covered
with olive trees, gently descending to the
sea. The ancient part was built on seven
hills, on the highest of which is the medieval
citadel called "La Terra", surrounded
by walls and round towers, with typical
narrow alleys, arches, stairways and the
famous whitewashed color of all the houses,
for which it is known as the "White
City". The name probably derives from
the Latin Hostunium, a contamination of
the Greek expression astu neon, meaning
new town. |
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