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The broad sweep of the Tavoliere plain stretches from the Basilicata border to the edge of the Gargano massif - flat, fertile lands that are southern Italy's wheat bowl, and the source of the country's best pasta. It was the Romans who attempted the first intense cultivation of the area, parcelling the land up into neat squares for distribution to its pensionable centurions. This lent the land its chessboard appearance, from which the Tavoliere takes its name, but for the centurions the gift was a mixed blessing. Foggia province proved to be an unhealthy place, an earthquake-prone swampland rife with malarial mosquitoes, and settlements here suffered from disease and disaster in fairly equal proportions. It wasn't until the advent of irrigation schemes in the 1920s that the mosquitoes lost their malarial bite and the area began to take on its present rich appearance. As the transport hub of the province, you will probably pass through Foggia, though for more of an idea of what the Tavoliere is like, head for the walled town of Lucera or the little village of Troia .
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