Italy: Day Trip to Brindisi

Brindisi, an ancient port city on the Adriatic, served as the terminus of the Roman Appian Way, making it the primary departure point for travel to Greece and the East. Presently, a daily ferry to Greece operates, and the city hosts Italian Navy and Air Force bases.

A portion of the Appian Way is preserved at the Saint Pietro of Schiavoni Archeologica Area (under the church of Saint Pietro - very cool)


Roman Column of Brindisi marks the end of the Appian Way.




Museo Archeologico Provinciale Ribezzo. The bronze statues below, known as the Brindisi Bronzes, were part of a heap of "scrap bronze" found in a shipwreck. They date from the 3rd-century BC to 3rd-century AD. Amazing






Brindisis Castle (now a military base)


The striking Art Deco Monument to the Fallen of Brindisi in the Great War in Piazza Santa Teresa


Cathedral of the Visitation and Saint John Baptist and its Last Supper Fresco.




The Port and Promenade (1st below), Monument to the Italian Sailor (2nd) and a Grimaldi Lines ferry (3rd).






Temple of St. Giovanni (Saint John Sepulchre)




Brindisi Station