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Climate box off

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The climate box with the avg temperatures is all wrong. Looks like it's been plucked out of some African town

Same as Taranto

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Is this the same place as Taranto? Adam Bishop 06:31, 25 Aug 2003 (UTC)

No, they are different places, even in different provinces. --Panairjdde 16:54, 15 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Taranto is bigger than Otranto.--Pz-engl 18:39, 15 Nov 2004 (UTC)
It's a valid point, though. Both should have a hatnote about this. — LlywelynII 07:39, 10 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Map?

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Any chance someone with technical know-how could add a map to show where Otranto is? I don't know the place names which describe its location, so I'm absolutely none the wiser. Thanks. Monique34 17:54, 4 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image in infobox

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Otranto dal bastione dei Pelagasi
Otranto beachfront AvL

User:Freddyballo reverted my edit which changed the photo of Otranto in the infobox. I argue that his photo is taken with a camera which produces lower quality images with a lot of noise. Also, the perspective of the photo doesn't show much of the city. I think my photo is better in that regard. Below is his photo first, my photo second. I don't want to start an edit war, so we need some independent editors to decide which image is better. --AlexanderVanLoon (talk) 19:31, 1 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The one on the left is a much better photograph. The noise doesn't matter at this size, neither shows much of the city clearly, and his is the more attractive composition for general attraction and tourism purposes. — LlywelynII 07:39, 10 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hydrous: Greek or Messapian?

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"Otranto occupies the site of the ancient Greek city of Magna Graecia Hydrus (in Greek: Ὑδροῦς) or Hydruntum (in Latin), also known as Hydrunton, Hydronton, or Hydruntu. Otranto was a town of Messapian (Illyrian) origin, which, in the wars of Pyrrhus and of Hannibal sided against Rome." this part does not make sense. was it a mixed Greek-Messapian city? was it initially Greek and then Messapian or vice versa? Dinonysos (talk) 10:56, 9 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]