Santa Maria al Bagno

[1] Santa Maria is a small fishing village, located on the shores of the Gulf of Taranto, on the west coast of the Ionian Sea between Gallipoli and Porto Cesareo.Particularly important is the next door regional wildlife reserve of "Portoselvaggio", a famous natural park with 400 hectares of pinewood forest and seven kilometres of high quality, unpolluted coast.Santa Maria al Bagno was the site of a post World War II displaced person camp.A new museum opened in the village dedicated to thousands of concentration camp survivors who travelled through Italy on their way to Israel after World War II.The museum houses all the material relating to the time from the town council archives, including witness reports, photographs and videos, as well as a multimedia room and a library.
Santa Maria al Bagno seaside
A bright blue sky has some wispy clouds, over a green landscape with a bay of blue water coming from the left. Trees are in the foreground.
Bay of Portoselvaggio
The Tower of the Galatena River.
FrazioneRegionApuliaProvinceComuneNardòDemonymTime zoneDialing codeIonian SeaGulf of TarantoGallipoliPorto CesareoBrindisiGalatoneWorld War IIdisplaced person campIsraelCenateOpenStreetMap