Editing Apulia (section)

==Culture==
{{main|Culture in Apulia}}
===Cuisine===
{{main|Apulian cuisine}}
Important locally produced ingredients include olive oil, artichokes, tomatoes, eggplant, asparagus, and various kinds of seafood. Local specialties include the [[Carosello (melon)|carosello]], a variety of [[Cucumis melo|muskmelon]] which is often consumed when unripe. Apulian [[Protected designation of origin]] (PDO) and [[Geographical indications and traditional specialities in the European Union|Protected Geographical indication]] (PGI) products included cheeses, olive oils, fruits and vegetables, and a type of bread.

Typically Apulian pasta shapes are [[orecchiette]], [[cavatelli]], [[troccoli]], [[:it:Strascinati|strascinati]] and [https://www.staffettaincucina.com/2019/01/pizzarieddi-al-sugo.html pizzarieddi], Popular street foods include [[panzerotti]], sgagliozze (fried [[polenta]]), popizze (small fried balls of pizza dough that are sometimes also called [[:it:Pettole|pettule]]), [[Rustico (pastry)|rustici]] (puff pastries stuffed with tomatoes, béchamel sauce, mozzarella, and black pepper), and [[focaccia]] barese (foccaccia with fresh tomatoes and olives).<ref>{{Cite web |author1=Paolo |date=2022-08-18 |title=A Local's Guide to The Best Food in Puglia |url=https://goaskalocal.com/blog/typical-foods-of-puglia |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215205504/https://goaskalocal.com/blog/typical-foods-of-puglia |archive-date=Dec 15, 2023 |website=Go Ask A Local. |language=en-US}}</ref> Some popular pastries / desserts include the famous [[Pasticciotto|pasticiotto]] (a flaky shortbread dough filled with custard), [[chiacchiere]], [https://blog.giallozafferano.it/salatoedolcecompagnia/tette-delle-monache/ tette della moniche], [[:it:Sannacchiudere|sannacchiudere]] and [[cupeta]]. A popular snack from Apulia are [[Taralli]].

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Spaghetti_con_le_cozze_2.jpg|Spaghetti con le cozze (with mussels)
Munaceddhri.jpg|Monacelle (land snail species ''[[Cantareus apertus]]'')
La_scapece.JPG|Scapece gallipolina: fried fish preserved in red wine vinegar with [[bread crumbs]] and [[saffron]]
Marro_al_forno_con_patate.JPG|Cazzomarro: baked [[Roulade|involtini]] of lamb entrails
Goat_chops.jpg|Goat chops
Lampascioni.jpg|{{lang|it|Lampascioni sott'olio}}, prepared bulbs of the grape hyacinth ''[[Leopoldia comosa]]'' preserved in olive oil
</gallery>

===Language===
As with the other regions of Italy, the national language (since 1861) is Italian. However, because of its long and varied history, other historical languages have been used in this region for centuries. The local languages of northern and central Apulia (roughly the provinces of [[Province of Bari|Bari]], [[Barletta-Andria-Trani]], and [[Province of Foggia|Foggia]] as well as the northwestern parts of the [[Province of Taranto]]) are the Apulian Southern [[Italo-Romance]] dialects, including [[Bari dialect]] and [[Tarantino dialect]]. In the southern region of [[Salento]], an extreme Southern [[Italo-Romance]] language, the [[Salentino dialect]] is widely spoken. There is also an [[Italiot Greek]] language found in Salento called [[Griko]], which is still spoken by a few thousand [[Griko people]] in some areas.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|title=Ethnologue report for language code:ell|url=http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=ell|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528151907/http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=ell|archive-date=28 May 2010|access-date=22 April 2010|publisher=Ethnologue}}</ref> In addition, a rare daughter language of the [[Franco-Provençal language]] called [[Faetar]] is spoken in the mountain villages of [[Faeto]] and [[Celle di San Vito]], in the [[Province of Foggia]]. It is sometimes classified as a pair of dialects of Franco-Provençal, Faetar and Cellese.<ref name="Nagy 2011">{{cite journal|last1=Nagy|first1=Naomi|title=A Multilingual Corpus to Explore Variation in Language Contact Situations|journal=Rassegna Italiana di Linguistica Applicata|date=2011|volume=43|issue=1–2|page=3|url=http://projects.chass.utoronto.ca/ngn/pdf/Nagy_2011_RILA_HLVC.pdf |via=Computing in the Humanities and Social Sciences |access-date=3 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204171730/http://projects.chass.utoronto.ca/ngn/pdf/Nagy_2011_RILA_HLVC.pdf|archive-date=4 February 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[Arbëreshë people|Arbëreshë]] dialect of the [[Albanian language]] has been spoken by a small community since refugees settled there in the 16th century.<ref name=":2">{{cite web |url=http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=aae |title=Ethnologue report for language code:aae |publisher=Ethnologue |access-date=13 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002125012/http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=aae |archive-date=2 October 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Sports===
Apulia is home to several national football, [[water polo]], volleyball, basketball and tennis clubs.

Across the top three levels of [[Italian football league system|Italian football]], the clubs in Apulia include:
* [[U.S. Lecce]] playing in [[Serie A]]
* [[S.S.C. Bari]] playing in [[Serie B]]
* [[Calcio Foggia 1920]] playing in [[Serie C]]
* [[S.S. Audace Cerignola]] playing in [[Serie C]]
* [[S.S. Monopoli 1966]] playing in [[Serie C]]