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Taranto holds a very strategic place in Italy's military development.Every month approximately two thousands cadets arrive in Taranto to begin training in either the Marines or the Aereonautical Military School. A large bronze sculpture, the Marine Monument, symbolizes the close relationship between the city and the cadets.

It was created by Vittorio Di Cobertaldo and donated to the city in 1974 by Admiral Angelo Iachino. Approximately 22 feet high (7 meters), the Monument depicts two Marine with their berets in hand waving to the ship entering and exiting the canal. From this point on the "Lungomare" (sea-front promenade) one enjoys a splendid view of the Aragonese castle, the Cheradi Islands, and the entire Mar Grande.