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unusual facts about Taranto-Grottaglie Airport


Taranto-Grottaglie Airport

As Alenia Aeronautica produces big fuselage parts of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner in a hangar located beside an airport's apron, multiple times a month, a Boeing 747 Large Cargo Freighter, also known as Dreamlifter, lands at Taranto Grottaglie to pick up the parts and fly them to the Boeing factory at Paine Field and Boeing South Carolina at Charleston International Airport for final assembly.


2002 Molise earthquake

It lasted for 60 seconds and could be felt distinctly in the centre of Molise, in the Capitanata, the Province of Chieti, and could be perceived in the Marche, Bari, Benevento, Matera, Brindisi, Rome, Naples, Potenza, Salerno, Taranto and Pescara.

21st Indian Infantry Brigade

In September the division arrived in Taranto in southern Italy and the brigade remained with 8th Indian Division throughout the rest of the Italian Campaign apart from short attachments to the British 78th Infantry Division in November 1943, and the British 6th Armoured Division between April and May 1944.

340th Flying Training Group

A second DUC was received for the destruction of the Italian light cruiser Taranto in the heavily defended harbor of La Spezia on 23 September 1944 before the ship could be used by the enemy to block the harbor's entrance.

449th Air Expeditionary Group

From Tunis they flew to their forward operating base at Grottaglie Airfield near Taranto, Italy.

4th New Zealand Armoured Brigade

The Brigade arrived in Italy on 5 October 1943, landing at Taranto and were involved in the first actions to break through the Bernhardt Line on the Sangro front.

Accademia Musicale Mediterranea

The Accademia Musicale Mediterranea has 4 locations: in Taranto, in Martina Franca, in Leporano and Grottaglie.

Acciaio-class submarine

Of the 13 vessels in the class, six were built by CRDA at Monfalcone, four by OTO at Muggiano, and three by Tosi in Taranto, the three main Italian shipyards for submarines.

Bohemond II of Antioch

This is flatly contradicted by Alexander of Telese, who states that Bohemond left his lands under the governance of the Pope, and by Romuald of Salerno, who states that the regency of Taranto went to a relative of Bohemond's, Alexander, Count of Conversano.

Bradano

After flowing out of the lake, the Bradano is joined by the Gravina and later another tributary before entering the Gulf of Taranto near Metaponto.

Brindisi railway station

On 30 December 1886, Brindisi became a junction station, when the final section of the Taranto–Brindisi railway was opened, between Mesagne and Brindisi.

Citri

the plural of the word Citro, designing a freshwater marine spring in Italy, such as those near Taranto

Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu

His ship, caught in a storm, sought refuge at the port of Taranto, Italy where De Dolomieu was made a prisoner of war.

Galo Galecio

Galo Galecio Taranto (Vinces, June 1, 1906 - Quito, April 14, 1993) was a renowned Ecuadorian painter, sculptor, caricaturist, and printmaker.

James of Baux

James was the son of Francesco del Balzo, 1st Duke of Andria by Margaret of Taranto (c.1325–1380), daughter of Prince Philip I of Taranto and his second wife, Catherine of Valois.

Kingdom of Albania

The territory of the Kingdom of Albania under Philip of Taranto was restricted to roughly the modern Durrës District.

Laura Albanese

Albanese was born in Taranto, Italy, in 1957 and after moving back and forth between Canada and Italy (and being influenced by both cultures), decided in 1981 to take up permanent residence in Toronto, Canada, with her husband, artist Germinio Pio Politi, her two adult children and her mother.

Martina Franca Volley

At the end of 2007/2008 championship, ended with the keeping of higher division, the club was moved from Taranto to Martina Franca, by management decision.

Matera Centrale railway station

A project to rebuild the line to Ferrandina, which has a station on the Battipaglia-Potenza-Metaponto line (linking Salerno and Taranto), has been considered by the Ferrovie dello Stato.

Michael Maurex

In 1066, according to the Breve chronicon Northmannicum, Maurex (Mambrica/Mambrita) commanded a fleet that stopped an attempted invasion of the Balkans by Count Geoffrey of Taranto, and in the next year, at the head of a Byzantine army he landed in Apulia and took Bari, Taranto and Castellaneta from the Normans.

Muhammad I Abu 'l-Abbas

In 846 an Aghlabid force seized Rome and plundered the Vatican, though they were not able to hold onto Rome and Taranto and Bari soon detached themselves from the Aghlabids and submitted to the Abbasids in Baghdad.

Nino Taranto

In 1985 RAI honored the artist with a monographic documentary series in four parts, Taranto Story.

Painter of Nicosia Olpe

Twelve of the forty-five vases where found in different parts of Italy such as Etruria, Capua, Nola, Taranto and South Italy as well.

Potenza Centrale railway station

The station was opened on 1 September 1880, upon the inauguration of the Picerno–Potenza section of the Battipaglia–Potenza–Metaponto railway, a line linking it directly with Salerno and Taranto.

The more common regional trains link Potenza with closer destinations, including Salerno, Naples, Melfi, Foggia and Taranto.

Raffaele Frumenti

1983 Firenze - GALLERIA INTERNAZIONALE GAI Via Tornabuoni - Roma TARTAGLIA ARTE GALLERIA "NOCCHIA" Civitavecchia Roma - GALLERIA DI MARCO - Germania, Gladbeck -"Art Fontana Erika"; Napoli - ART GALLERY "De Gregorio"; Taranto - GALLERIA D'ARTE "Del Core"

Roger Borsa

The war was finally resolved by the mediation of Pope Urban II and the award of Taranto and other possessions to Bohemund.

San Marzano

San Marzano di San Giuseppe, Italian municipality of the Province of Taranto, Apulia

Soleto Map

Moreover, the Soleto Map describes the city of Taranto (called Taras), as well as other cities of Salento such as Soleto, Leuca, Ugento, and Otranto.

Turbine-class destroyer

On 3 July 1942, while escorting three freighters from Taranto to Benghazi along with the Navigatori class destroyer Da Verrazzano, Euro and Turbine shot down two Beaufort bombers.


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