Via Gaetano Donizetti, 12, Taranto

The cluster is in the built-up area of Taranto, on the Ionian coast at the Mar Grande and Mar Piccolo. The old city stands on an island between the two inlets, linked by bridges, and the city has a large naval and industrial waterfront. The nearest substantial non-urban landscape feature is the coastal strip west toward Leporano and east toward Pulsano, with low Mediterranean shoreline rather than cliffs or a named protected landscape in the immediate 15 km around the city centre. Taranto is known for its Aragonese Castle, the cathedral in the old city, the National Archaeological Museum, and mussel farming in the Mar Piccolo.