The small Apulian (Puglia) town of Acaya is a hamlet of the Municipality of Vernole, 10 km east of Lecce. Built in 1500, Acaya is the only example of fortified Renaissance town in South Italy.

Walking along the The Via Francigena (Italian for "the road that comes from France"), the ancient road and pilgrimage route running from the cathedral city of Canterbury in England, through France and Switzerland, to Rome and then to Apulia (Puglia), Italy, where there were ports of embarkation for the Holy Land. Source: Wikipedia

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