Salento

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After Cali we decided to spend a few days in the country - coffee country that is, in a tiny town called Salento in the Zona Cafeteria (Coffee Zone).

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In 2004, researchers led by physicist Ignazio Ciufolini at the University of Salento in Lecce, Italy, used NASA and Italian satellites to measure relativity's gravitational effects with about the same accuracy as Gravity Probe B, the scientists said.

Good Thinking, Einstein Robert Lee Hotz 2011

Among other distinctions, the inner Salento is known for the use of Griko, a Greek-infused language that bears little resemblance to the Salentino dialect, and whose use has waned with the postwar generations.

Puglia's Fiery Pizzica Joel Weickgenant 2010

Visitors to Salento will find a wealth of art, culture and monuments of all epochs.

Puglia's Fiery Pizzica Joel Weickgenant 2010

Salento is the sole of the heel -- as local legend has it, the Romans called this finibus terrae, the end of the Earth.

Puglia's Fiery Pizzica Joel Weickgenant 2010

The festival presents travelers a chance to visit Salento in the best way: from its urban periphery, to the region's wild, rural interior.

Puglia's Fiery Pizzica Joel Weickgenant 2010

Alvaro called his wife and told me that I should stay with his family in Pereira before taking the bus to Salento the next morning so I could get well at his house.

Sasha Cagen: The Kindness of South American Strangers 2010

As Puglia has emerged in the past decade as a key player in south Italy's economy, Salento has become the region's biggest tourist draw -- a sun-kissed land with some of Italy's best beaches and baroque buildings.

Puglia's Fiery Pizzica Joel Weickgenant 2010

A train ride alone, from Lecce to the inner core of Salento, is an instant trip into another era.

Puglia's Fiery Pizzica Joel Weickgenant 2010