The tourist office of Grottaglie, in the Apulian ceramics town, in a building put up in 1926 as the public baths and facing the Palazzo Comenta-Maggiuli of 1603.
At a glance
- Type
- Tourist information office and cultural centre
- Where
- Grottaglie, Province of Taranto, Apulia, Italy
- Coordinates
- 40.53521087° N, 17.42691815° E
- Founded as a cultural centre
- 1998
- Building
- 1926, originally the town’s public baths
Overview
L’Acchiatura is in the old centre of Grottaglie, in the Province of Taranto, in Apulia. It began in 1998 as a cultural centre; it is the seat of the local Pro Loco and now serves as the tourist information office (IAT).
History
The building dates from 1926 and was put up as the town’s public baths, which is why it stands on the main street of the old centre, at the one entrance to the nucleus. It later became a bar.
It faces the Palazzo Comenta-Maggiuli, of 1603, which for years served as the town hall of Grottaglie.
What you see
Grottaglie is the ceramics town of Apulia, with its quarter of potters’ workshops cut into the ravine; the office is the usual starting point for a visit.
Practical information
- Address: Via Vittorio Emanuele II 27, 74023 Grottaglie (TA), Apulia.
- Opening times are those of the tourist information service.
Sources
- Cultural Heritage Online historical archive — original Italian entry (beniculturalionline.it), transposed and corrected 2026.
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