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The Hydro-Defensive Shield of Massafra Taranto: Medieval Castle Bastions and Gorge-Driven Fortress Engineering

The Hydro-Defensive Shield of Massafra: Medieval Castle Bastions and Gorge-Driven Fortress Engineering Rising from the calcareous plateau of the Murge Tarantine, Massafra conceals one of Puglia’s most ingeniously layered defensive systems beneath its whitewashed streets and church towers. Two ancient ravines slice through the urban fabric, their near-vertical limestone walls […]

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