Erasmus + Trip to Taranto

On Sunday 9th December four students and two teachers from the Sacred Heart Minor Seminary, Ms Francesca Mizzi and Mr George Farrugia, left for a week-long educational visit to Taranto as part of an Erasmus + project called “Young Historians of Europe”. This was possible thanks to the Erasmus + programme in collaboration with EUPA.

The group had the opportunity to visit the unique city of Matera, European Capital of Culture for 2019. Here, students admired the antique rupestrian churches and the picturesque Sassi region of Matera.

Other cities the group visited include Grottaglie, Martina Franca, Alberobello, Lecce and Taranto. In Alberobello, another UNESCO world heritage site, students could admire the beautiful Trulli. 

While in Lecce students had the chance to visit the majestic cathedral, which is dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. In Taranto, where this experience was based, the group took a tour of the historic centre of the city, the Aragonese Castle, as well as the promenade.

Other activities include pottery workshops, a visit to a typical Apulian Masseria, various cooking demonstrations and folkloristic dance and music performances.

This occasion proved to be a valuable one for the students since they socialised with peers from different countries, learnt about other cultures and gained an immeasurable amount of knowledge about history and Italian traditions and customs.

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