The origin of the city of Taranto dates from the 8th century BC when it was founded as a Greek colony, known as Taras. Taras gradually increased its influence...

Taranto (Italian pronunciation: [ˈtaːranto] ; Tarantino: Tarde) is a coastal city in Apulia, Southern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Taranto...

The Battle of Taranto took place on the night of 11/12 November 1940 during the Second World War between British naval forces, under Admiral Andrew Cunningham...

of Apulia. Taranto became the capital of the principality, which covered almost all of the heel of Apulia. During its subsequent 377 years of history...

(formerly the Greek colony of Taras) See also History of Taranto Tarentum (Campus Martius), also Terentum, an area in or on the edge of the Campus Martius in...

Taranto Football Club 1927, commonly referred to as Taranto, is a professional Italian football club, based in Taranto, Apulia. Originally founded in 1927...

sea at the Italian port of Taranto during the Second World War. The operation, one of three landings during the Allied invasion of Italy in September 1943...

took place in Calabria (Operation Baytown) and Taranto (Operation Slapstick). Following the defeat of the Axis powers in North Africa in May 1943, there...

province of Taranto (Italian: provincia di Taranto; Tarantino: provìgne de Tarde; Salentino: provincia ti Tàrantu), previously known as the province of the...

of Taranto, was titular Latin Emperor of Constantinople by marriage to Catherine of Valois–Courtenay, Despot of Romania, King of Albania, Prince of Achaea...