Castello Svevo
Gravina in Puglia
The Swabian Castle stands on a hill, is a building that dates back to the Middle Ages and was erected at the behest of Frederick II. One of the main purposes was to act as a home during the hunting trips that the emperor was doing. It was also used as a venue for the meetings of the Curia. Today it can be visited only from the outside.
Torre dell'orologio
Gravina in Puglia
The Clock Tower is the only example of Gothic art in Puglia. In 1980, due to a strong earthquake, the tower was seriously damaged. Later, it was rebuilt, and today it is in an excellent state of preservation.
Palazzo Ducale Orsini
Gravina in Puglia
Palazzo Ducale Orsini dates back to the sixteenth century and has a basically Baroque style. The name was given to him because it was the home of Pier Francesco Orsini. This character was very important because it was the Pope, appointed Benedict XIII, who called the Jubilee in 1725.
Museo - Fondazione E.Pomarici Santomasi
Gravina in Puglia
The E.Pomarici Santomasi Foundation is located in the seventeenth-century Palace originating from the Santomasi family, then linked to that of the Pomarici of Montepeloso. The exhibition space is distributed over three floors. On the ground floor there is a permanent exhibition of vintage clothes belonging to the Pomarici family. On the first floor is the Library that boasts 36,000 volumes including precious manuscripts and scrolls. On the top and second floor there is the space dedicated to archaeology that collects local coins and relics of excavations of pre-Roman times.
Santuario Madonna della Grazia
Gravina in Puglia
The Sanctuary of Madonna della Grazia was built in 1602 as the residence of the bishop and seminarians. Its structure follows the logic of building the Tuscan order, with 12 oval stone medallions depicting the apostles. In 1980 the church was restored, completely transforming the structure of the building into that of a basilica. The bell tower dates back to the 19th century.
Chiese Rupestri: Grotta di San Michele
Gravina in Puglia
Among the natural fissures extends, in the karst rocks (Tuff), the famous cave-church dedicated to Archangel Michael that was the first cathedral of Gravina (sec. X).
Chiese Rupestri: Madonna della Stella
Gravina in Puglia
Located on the left side of the “Gravina” stream, it is a very suggestive rock complex in which the sacred and the profane seem to merge. Primitive seat, perhaps, of pagan cults, it later became the oldest symbol of Marian worship.
Chiesa di Santa Maria del Suffragio
Gravina in Puglia
Funeral chapel of the Orsini family. In the presbytery perfect reduction of the dome of St. Peter, stands the altar by Francesco Guarino and a central altar inlaid in polychrome marble. The side altars in bicromes marble (s. XVII) are valuable
Ponte Acquedotto Orsini
Gravina in Puglia
The aqueduct bridge was built thanks to the contribution of the Duke of Gravina ORSINI in the mid-'700.It connects the Church Madonna della Stella and the Archaeological Park of BOTROMAGNO with the ancient city. medieval
Basilica Cattedrale
Gravina in Puglia
With three naves divided by columns, shows polychrome altars of early eighteenth century. Works of art: baptismal font by Pope Benedict XIII. the choir of late ' 500; wooden ceiling decorated with gold. In the sacristy a finely carved wooden bar (1561).
Parco Archeologico Botromagno
Gravina in Puglia
The Botromagno Archaeological Park is the place of greatest interest in Gravina in Puglia because it houses the remains of a Neolithic civilization. Some painted and plastered tombs of the 5th century BC are visible from the ancient city and the remains of a villa from the 2nd- I century BC.
Santuario della Madonna della Palomba
Matera
(23 Km)
Built in 1580 and leaning against the ancient cave in which remains the fresco. The façade with rose window and bell tower and the interior with a single nave with frescoes.
Quartiere la Civita
Matera
(23 Km)
The oldest part of the settlement, characterized by the presence of the cathedral, the palaces and the remains of several towers.
Chiesa di Santi Pietro e Paolo al Sasso Caveoso
Matera
(23 Km)
Probably dating from the thirteenth century, It was rebuilt in the early eighteenth. The interior is in baroque style, full of statues, ornaments, paintings.
Museo – Laboratorio della Civiltà Contadina
Matera
(23 Km)
It features a reconstruction of typical rooms of the past and a variety of crafts represented through their characteristic tools.
MUSMA – Museo della Scultura Contemporanea
Matera
(23 Km)
More than two hundred and fifty works donated by artists, collectors, critics and art galleries Italian and foreign companies.
Parco Scultura la Palomba
Matera
(23 Km)
Located in an abandoned quarry, it houses the works of Antonio Paradiso, Carrino, Trotta, Spagnolo.
Ipogei
Matera
(23 Km)
Located under the main square of the city and brought to light a few years ago, a number of underground rooms containing also an old tank, called the long Palombaro, and a tower making part of the walls near the Castello Tramontano.
Museo Nazionale d'Arte Medievale e Moderna
Matera
(24 Km)
One section is dedicated to paintings and objects from the churches in the area. The second section sets out the paintings in the collection d'Errico. The third section has documents and works relating to the life and literary activity of Carlo Levi
Pinacoteca d'Errico
Matera
(24 Km)
The collection consists of about six thousand books, five hundred prints and three hundred paintings, especially works of Neapolitan artists and some of the seventeenth-century .
Masseria Calderoni
Altamura
(13 Km)
Masseria Calderoni is a building that was built in the first half of the 16th century. Over time, the building was owned by the Calderoni family. Today the building is owned by the Netti family.
Masseria Casino De Angelis
Altamura
(11 Km)
Masseria Casino De Angelis was built in the 17th century. It consists of a productive and functional residence. The ownership of the land is of the Viti family.
Castello Tramontano
Matera
(23 Km)
The structure, built in 1501 by Count Giancarlo Tramontano, feudal lord of Matera, is located on a hill, nicknamed Lapillo hill. The castle has an Aragonese style, with a central master and two round side towers, scalloped and equipped with louvers. Since 2008 it underwent a renovation, then finished in 2011.
Castello del Malconsiglio
Miglionico
(29 Km)
The Malconsiglio Castle was built between the 8th and 9th centuries. The structure has seven towers and is shaped like a parallelogram. In 1485, the Conspiracy of the Barons remained in the rooms of the castle. Over the years the castle had some owners. The most particular part is the Hall of the Star also known as the Hall of Spirits where there are niches carved in the walls and support the treasures of the inhabitants.
Castello di Garagnone
Spinazzola
(29 Km)
From the research done, it is thought that the Castle of Gragnone is very ancient. It had a two-story structure with rooms used for different functions. From its location, the Castle guarded the entire area. Currently, there are few ruins left covered by vegetation.
Castello Toritto
Toritto
(29 Km)
The Toritto Castle is thought to have been built in the Peuceta era. During the 15th and 16th centuries, a tower was added called the Norman Tower, which was declared, in 1938, a National Monument. Currently, the Castle is privately owned.
Castello Monteserico
Genzano di Lucania
(33 Km)
The Monteserico Castle was initially owned by the Spanish family Aquilina Sancia, and later stately home of the Sanseverino. Historical news shows that the castle remained inhabited until World War I. In the 80s of the twentieth century, it was purchased by the Municipality of Genzano, which, thanks to a work of restoration, brought it back to its former glory.
Fontana Cavallina
Genzano di Lucania
(33 Km)
The Cavallina Fountain was built between 1865 and 1893 on a project by the architect Giuseppe Antonio Locuratolo, in neoclassical style. The beautiful structure has the shape of an amphitheater. In addition, it is fed by a spring water spring from three distinct directions.
Cattedrale di S. Maria della Bruna
Matera
(23 Km)
The church, which was founded on two pre-existing crypts, destroyed during the looting, and on the foundations of the church of Saint-Eustache, was built in 1270. On the facade a beautiful rose window and the interior full of frescoes and statues.
Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta
Altamura
(11 Km)
An architectonic complex constituted of an ensamble of elements offering an armonic beauty. The original romanic-pugliese style is also named "federiciano" for the insights of Federico II.
La Grotta di Lamalunga e l'Uomo di Altamura
Altamura
(21 Km)
This cave is characterized by a system of carsic cavities and narrow tunnels. After a corridor of about 60 meters, you can see the surprising archaeologic finding known as the Man of Altamura, the fossil skeleton of a man.
Palazzo Baldassarre
Altamura
(11 Km)
Close to Piazza Foggiali, the palace shows the signs of centuries in its stones. It belongs to the long Baldassarre dinasty, first builders, then enterpreneurs, it was inhabited by descendants of the family.
Cava Pontrelli
Altamura
(10 Km)
In Altamura, there is an archaeological site, dating back about 70 million years ago, with footprints of herbivores and carnivores dinosaurs. There are footprints of more than 200 specimens of at least 5 different species. The discovery of the deposit was possible thanks to the work of the paleontologist Umberto Nicosia and Fabio Petti.
Abbazia di San Michele
Montescaglioso
(36 Km)
The monastery was founded in the first half of the 12th century. In 1484, after joining the Benedictine Congregation of St. Giustina from Padua, the abbey was enlarged and restored in Renaissance forms.The monks abandoned the abbey in 1784.
Sasso Caveoso
Matera
(24 Km)
Today, the Sasso Caveoso District is characterized by an ancient appearance. This part of the city is mainly composed of houses dug into the rock, almost completely intact. The great homonymous square, where the recently renovated church of San Pietro Caveoso is also located, allows you to admire the panorama of the Gravina and the array of houses and caves, perched on each other.
Sasso Barisano
Matera
(23 Km)
The Rione Sasso Barisano, is almost completely renovated and houses numerous restaurant and hotel facilities as well as various tourist attractions such as the reconstruction of the miniature stones and the Museum of Peasant Civilization.
Museo Nazionale "Domenico Ridola"
Matera
(23 Km)
It was born in 1911 thanks to a donation from Senator Domenico Ridola. The National Archaeological Museum Of Ridola in Matera, which is also the oldest museum in Basilicata, takes us back into the past of the ancient habits of the world of our ancestors. Through the traces of the finds found in the ancient Neolithic villages of Murgia, there are evidence of the development of agriculture in the 6th millennium BC An adventure in the past not to be missed.
Museo Comunale Storico
Acquaviva delle Fonti
(36 Km)
The Civic Museum of Campo di Alano Piave is located in the garden of the building and is divided over three floors. It presents objects, documents, iconographies related to the Great War of '15-18 and to emigration. You can see objects collected in the battlefield, photographs and original documents of the time. The Museum tells the story of 'Recuperants'. The structure is constantly changing to adapt to the needs of the materials on display.
Palazzo De Angelis-Viti
Altamura
(11 Km)
Palazzo De Angelis-Viti is one of the most representative and best preserved examples of palaces of the type house at court. It is located near the Gate of Bari. The building has changed over the years. The initial part, that of the building building which includes the ground floor and the main floor, dates back to the beginning of construction, with also the entrance portal and the internal loggia. Between the 17th and 18th centuries, the entrance portal was modified and the second floor was completed.
Convicinio di Sant'Antonio
Matera
(22 Km)
There are four rupestrian churches adjoining , whose entrances open onto a communal courtyard, dating from the twelfth and thirteenth century. Today in every room there is a cellar, dug out the ground floor when the churches were desecrated.
Castello o Pal.Baronale
Bitetto
(37 Km)