Abbazia di Santa Calena
Peschici
The Abbey of Santa Calena is one of the oldest Italian abbeys. Built in the late 9th century, it became in medieval times one of the richest and most powerful abbeys in the south. The abbey presents architectural elements of Apulian, European and non-European schools. It is thought that this was an important reception center for pilgrims who in ancient times were heading to Monte dell'Angelo.
Torre M.te Pucci
Peschici
The Tower of Monte Pucci is located in the Municipality of Peschici. Since it is located in front of the sea from the tower you can enjoy a beautiful view.
Castello Peschici
Peschici
The construction dates back to the 11th century and is located on a high rock overlooking the sea. It was built by the Normans with the main purpose of defending against enemy attacks, especially pirates. Monks also resided in the Castle. Since it was very old, it has often been modified and refurbished over the centuries. Today we can admire a massive and impressive construction in excellent condition.
Cattedrale di Foggia
Foggia
(67 Km)
A beautiful church of '200 which was rebuilt in '800 in baroque style. Inside there is the Chapel of the Vetere Icon, or Madonna of the Seven Veils, a Byzantine image whose discovery, they say, was the source of the building of the the city.
Musei Civici e Pinacoteca
Foggia
(67 Km)
Going up the grand staircase of Palazzo Arpi you enter the museums. The museums are archaeological, scientific, historical, of folk traditions and a picture gallery with works of Pugliese artists from '800 and '900 .
Via Arpi
Foggia
(67 Km)
The ancient heart of Arpi, a city that existed before Foggia. In this area there are numerous palaces and churches as well as alleys and tunnels worth seeing
Santuario San Nazario
Sannicandro Garganico
(48 Km)
The Sanctuary was dedicated to San Nazario, who stopped in the spring of thermal water right there where today the sanctuary is located, washing its feet and resting them on a marble stone. Currently, the stone is kept inside the Sanctuary, and is the reason for pilgrimage of many believers.
Torre Porticello
Vieste
(15 Km)
The Tower dates back to the 16th century and is located near the beach of Scialmarino. It has a typical structure of the vicereal period: a square shape, an elevated staircase to access the interior and the stone walls. The current appearance is the result of the restoration work over the years, and, as a result, it is in a good state of preservation.
Torre Portonuovo
Vieste
(21 Km)
The Portonuovo Tower was built in 1568, in Vieste. The building was built in square shape, with small windows with stone baskets. Currently, there are only a few traces left of the structure on the masonry.
Torre dei preposti
Vieste
(22 Km)
The Torre dei Preposti is a coastal tower located in the seaside resort of San Menaio, in the province of Foggia. The tower was built in the 14th century and after the work of the Spanish viceroy Don Pedro di Toledo it was reinforced in 1569. The tower consists of a trunk — pyramidal base surmounted by a two-level parallelepiped.
Torre Gattarella
Vieste
(21 Km)
The Tower is of sixteenth-century origins. Its function, at the time, was defensive, which also allows you to admire the military architectural elements. Currently, only the ruins can be seen as the building has suffered serious damage over time.
Torre San Felice
Vieste
(21 Km)
Torre San Felice dates back to 1540 and is the eighth coastal tower belonging to the territory of the Capitanata. It was first used in 1569, as a protection for the nearby port and to transmit the reports of nearby towers. At present, the entrance has been walled up to avoid phenomena of vandalism.
Torre dell'Aglio
Vieste
(22 Km)
The Torre dell'Aglio di Vieste was erected in 1568. It is one of the best preserved Saracen towers, which marked access to the Greek Port. It is located high, more than 100 meters above sea level. It is currently part of the tourist center “Pugnochiuso” and can be visited by tourists.
Torre Rivoli
Zapponeta
(55 Km)
The Tower of Rivoli was built in 1568 as the first coastal tower in the territory of Capitanta. In 1685, changes were made by the engineer Onofrio Papa. It is one of the best preserved Gargano towers.
Chiesa delle Croci
Foggia
(66 Km)
A little out of town but very nice is the whole of the building of the Church of the Crosses. The five chapels, the church and the triumphant arch in a large green space were built in 700 by the Capuchin friars
Abbazia Santa Maria di Pulsano
Manfredonia
(31 Km)
The Abbey of Santa Maria di Pulsano is a monastic complex built around 591 on an ancient pagan temple dedicated to Calcante. It had remained in a state of neglect until 1129 when it was renovated at the behest of San Giovanni da Matera and the Pulsanese congregation. By the end of the fifteenth century, the Pulsanese Order became extinct and the complex passed under the Benedictine order. The Abbey is surrounded by various hermitages used as a dwelling that was accessed through ropes and stairs.
Castello di Manfredonia
Manfredonia
(36 Km)
Historical news of the Castle of Manfredonia starts from the 13th century when the city was under the domination of the Angevin. It is assumed that Charles I requested construction on a previous structure consisting of rooms closed by walls with communication doors to the outside. In the Aragonese era, the structure of the Castle was transformed. In fact, a city wall was built that incorporated the previous structure and a pentagonal bastion was built that incorporated one of the circular towers.
Torre Pietra
Margherita di Savoia
(59 Km)
Torre Pietra takes its name from the fact that it was located in front of the coastal site of San Nicolao de Petra which little by little went down permanently. It rises on an important stretch of coastline as the seat of the medieval center that over the centuries has moved into Margherita di Savoia. Its function was mainly of sighting and defending the coastal part of the area.
Torre delle Saline
Margherita di Savoia
(66 Km)
The Saline Tower, also called Torrione, was built by the architect Evangelist Menga da Copertino. It is characterized by its height of 12.67 meters with the function of sighting and customs service linked to the extraction of salt. Below, the Tower was used as a warehouse for artillery and telegraphic service during the 19th century.
Biblioteca Provinciale la Magna Capitana
Foggia
(67 Km)
The Provincial Library was founded in 1833. It began its operation with 1913 volumes largely donated by citizens, to which in that same year the 1500 volumes offered by Gaetano di Troia were added, which thus inaugurated a tradition of donations. Since January 2002, the Library assumed the name of “La Magna Capitana” from the verse of a ballad of King Enzo of Hoensthaufen.
Castello baronale
Apricena
(51 Km)
The Baronial Castle is located in the Municipality of Apricena and was built in 1658. The structure was one of the favorites of Emperor Frederick II both for what concerns the proximity to Foggia and for the rich fauna in the neighboring places. The Castle has its own warehouses, a library and several stables.
Castel Pagano
Apricena
(46 Km)
The castle is of nineteenth-century origins, even if it has been the subject of continuous restoration in recent years. Since it is a very ancient monument, it has been the scene of several important moments concerning the history of the area. In addition, the castle has passed into the hands of numerous owners. After the '600 it was used as a place of refuge by local shepherds, being in a state of neglect. Today you can see only the ruins, also available to the public.
Parco Archeologico’Passo di Corvo’
Foggia
(67 Km)
A recent park which shows the remains of a widespread Neolithic village. The discovery of the village was made after the Second World War thanks to a British military.
Porta Arpana o Porta Reale
Foggia
(67 Km)
The only remaining evidence of the five ports of entry and of the city walls in times of Frederick II. It is located in Via Arpi, the two side arches were added in the Second World War.
Centro Storico
Manfredonia
(37 Km)
MANFREDONIA preserves intact that in remote times Manfredi, the king “blond, beautiful and kind looking” gave her. In the streets, in the white alleys of the historic center you can breathe a frank, genuine, typically Apulian air.
Il Trappeto Maratea
Vico del Gargano
(8 Km)
Extraordinary site of industrial archaeology, a Gargano oil factory falling under the type “bloody trappets”, operating since the Middle Ages (1300) which tells the scenarios of historic farming Italian and Mediterranean.
Teatro Giordano
Foggia
(66 Km)
Built in '900, it has been recently restored in neoclassical style. Inside you can see four marble statues representing the royal era.
Torre Mileto
Sannicandro Garganico
(38 Km)
The tower of Mileto, in the province of Foggia, is a quadrangular building dating back to the Aragonese period built for defensive purposes. It is believed that the tower is one of the oldest on the coast. The fortification is surrounded by a natural landscape characterized by lush Mediterranean vegetation and a cliff rich in biomarine species, as well as freshwater springs.
Punta San Francesco
Vieste
(16 Km)
We find the Punta di San Francesco in Vieste. The peninsula is craggy, high, strongly rocky and full of narrow streets. We also find historic buildings such as the church of San Francesco and the Cathedral.
Punta Santa Croce
Vieste
(15 Km)
The Punta di Santa Croce peninsula is located in Vieste. Over time, around the nineteenth century, it came to life as it consists of neighborhoods, parks, the port, the town hall and the Church.
Chiesa di Santa Croce
Vieste
(15 Km)
One of the most fascinating and well-preserved churches in the town of Vieste. The church takes its name from the area, in fact it is located in Punta di S. Croce. The latter is built outside the rest of the medieval core.
Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta
Vieste
(15 Km)
Basilica with three naves that carries traces of continuous adaptations made over the centuries, all very far from the original Medieval structure.
Torrione del Cavaliere del Crocifisso
Isole Tremiti
(47 Km)
The tower set to defend the monks is surrounded by imposing city walls, like other historic buildings. On the lintel of the front door there is the inscription 'Coteret et Confriget', that is, 'it will break and crush', referring to the knight in respect of anyone who had violated the threshold.
Castello dei Badiali
Isole Tremiti
(46 Km)
It's a fortification of the island, built by Charles of Anjou under the order of the Cistercians to repel enemies attacks.
The fort is surrounded by high walls walls. To report a long tunnel that you do not know exactly the outlet, probably another escape route for the friars in case of attack or cache of jewelry and valuables.
Chiesa di San Pietro
Rodi Garganico
(7 Km)
The church of San Pietro, located in a charming square, is the oldest urban church. In ancient times it was part of a convent. Precisely for this reason architecture reflects its functional and historical characteristics. In front of the main entrance, the old cloister of the convent is still visible, incorporated into the houses.
Chiesa di San Nicola di Mira
Rodi Garganico
(11 Km)
Built in 1680, the Church of St. Nicholas was consecrated in 1827 by Archbishop Eustachius Dentice, who deposited above the high altar the relics of Saint Christopher and San Teodoro. Next to the church there is a bell tower more than 20 meters high, of three floors, whose construction took place in two different periods. Until the 17th century the church was used as a lookout tower and was part of the coastal defensive system.
Quartiere “Vuccolo”
Rodi Garganico
(11 Km)
The etymology of the name of the neighborhood comes from the Lombard verb 'vuccular' which means' shouting ', 'calling'. It owes its name to the typical custom of the people to call (vucculare) from the terraces husbands intending to work the nets at “Mer'i varc” ('sea of boats'), the name by which the area is still called today port.
Convento dei Cappuccini
Rodi Garganico
(11 Km)
On a hill immersed in the citrus oasis overlooking the entire beach of Levante, is the first Capuchin convent of the Gargano. Built in 1538 following the typical plan of the Capuchin monasteries, it also includes a church. The complex houses in its underground ancient tombs of ecclesiastics and lay people and has a small cloister of great architectural value. Here are preserved fine paintings and a precious bell melted in Venice in 1782.
Castello di Vieste
Vieste
(15 Km)
The castle is a massive construction built by the Swabians, which dominates the profile of the city. With a triangular plan, it stands out from the buildings and the surrounding landscape for its brown color, and stands overhanging the limestone rocks overlooking the sea. It was damaged during the Venetian raids and during World War I. It is currently used by the Italian Navy.
Grotta dell'Arcangelo San Michele
Foggia
(27 Km)
The sanctuary of St. Michael the Archangel includes seven places full of architectural, pictorial and sculptural testimonies of Lombard art, registered on the UNESCO World Heritage List in June 2011. Very impressive is the lower level that includes the cave.
Galleria Paolo Erbetta
Foggia
(66 Km)
Pinacoteca Comunale "F. Galante Civera"
Margherita di Savoia
(65 Km)
The Municipal Art Gallery “F. Galante Civera” is located in the Tower of Margherita di Savoia. The building exhibits about one hundred and fifty works including sculptures, paintings and drawings by artists such as Guido Reni, Masaccio and Raphael. The work “The Shepherd”, painted by Francesco Galante, turns out to be the most interesting and suggestive one.
Museo Storico delle Saline
Margherita di Savoia
(64 Km)
The Historical Museum of Salt Pans is located in an old salt warehouse adjacent to the Tower of Margherita di Savoia. Inside it is divided into four sections and houses about a thousand industrial finds through which the human-machine relationship is explored. The structure is thus a center of dialogue between citizens and the scientific community in the development of the production of salt pans.
Museo Civico
Trinitapoli
(66 Km)
The Civic Museum of Trinitapoli turns out to be a small but fascinating museum site. It welcomes various prehistoric materials and finds found in the surrounding area. Various prints and signs are exhibited in its rooms that retrace the history of the people and the development of the city.
Museo Civico Archeologico "M. Petrone"
Vieste
(15 Km)
The Archaeological Museum 'M.Petrone' is located in an old oil mill, near the Cathedral. The museum houses local artifacts dating back 10,000 years ago. You can find various objects such as spear heads and arrows, inscriptions daunie on stone from the fourth to the first century before Christ.
Museo Interattivo delle Scienze
Foggia
(67 Km)
The Science Museum allows visitors to explore the relationships that exist between science, technology and everyday life. These are directly designed to satisfy the curiosity of visitors and at the same time make them entertain.
Museo del Territorio
Foggia
(67 Km)
The Territory Museum was established in 1998 by the Provincial Administration of Foggia. The Museum presents the history of the Captain population in the first millennium of the Christian era in such a way as to make it easy for the public to visit and the history of the territory. Currently the museum is composed of two sections, the first one that introduced at the time and the other that shows some aspects of the material and artistic production of the Capitanata in the Middle Ages. Today the museum is proposed as a cultural container that comes to life thanks to the exhibitions and events it hosts.
Raccolta Etnografica del Centro Studi Pugliesi
Manfredonia
(39 Km)
The Ethnographic Collection of the Pugliesi Study Center of Manfredonia houses a collection of Apulian dialect voices, recorded on tape. Voice recordings tell anecdotes about everyday life. In addition, tools from different trades used at the beginning of the twentieth century are exposed to the public.
Museo Archeologico Nazionale
Manfredonia
(36 Km)
The National Archaeological Museum of Manfredonia is located in the interior rooms of the Swabian-Angevin Castle of Manfredonia. It showcases several funerary stems in limestone dating back to the 7th and 6th centuries BC. These stems celebrated the memory of characters of considerable importance depicting images both male and feminine.
Abbazia di S. Maria a Mare
Isole Tremiti
(46 Km)
A masterpiece of the Benedictines first and the Lateran Canons then, built in 1045 at the point marked by a hermit (thanks to the apparition of Our Lady) such as the one in which to find the treasure of Diomedes. Perfected a few years later with Renaissance decorative motifs of Veneto-Tuscany origin, it is composed of three naves and inside are mainly found: the wooden cross representing the Christ suffering is the wooden statue of the Virgin and Child, of Byzantine inspiration; the wooden polyptych of the high altar and the well-known and admired Mosaic Floor.
Tomba di Diomede
Isole Tremiti
(46 Km)
Tomb of Diomede, based on the myth of the hero of the Iliad, that is considered the founder of the Tremiti Island. (known also for what Diomedee). The story tells that Venus had placed the Diomedee, the companions of Diomedes turned into birds, to protect the tomb.
Statua di Padre Pio
Isole Tremiti
(46 Km)
Near the Island of Caprara it is possible to take a dive to visit the largest underwater statue, that of Padre Pio. The bronze statue has fallen to about thirteen meters deep to a height of three meters and eighty centimeters. It was placed in 1998 and the work is by the sculptor Matteo Norcia. Another element that makes the island backdrop really fascinating.
Relitti isole Tremiti
Isole Tremiti
(46 Km)
The island's seabed is rich in 'treasures' and wrecks of various eras. The oldest one dates back to the first century BC in 1550 is instead a Turkish boat found together with bronze cannons. Among the most important wrecks is a steamer belonging to the fleet of Garibaldi and the Thousand that sank into these waters in 1864. In the early 1980s, instead, a ship was discovered used for trade in the Mediterranean. It carried about 900 amphorae. Today it is located on these precious seabeds.
Chiesa della Madonna della Libera
Rodi Garganico
(11 Km)
So called because inside it is preserved the painting of the Madonna della Libera, donated in 1453 by the Venetians who tried to safeguard as many sacred paintings as possible against the invasions of the Saracens. .
Santuario della Madonna Incoronata
Foggia
(68 Km)
The old sanctuary was erected in memory of apparition of Our Lady on an oak tree in the forest. In the new church, of distinctive architecture, there is an ancient wooden statue of the 'Black Madonna'.
Oasi Naturalistico-Archeologica la Salata
Vieste
(15 Km)
The Oasis la Salata is a natural paradise of the III-IV century AD with tombs carved into the rock, immersed in the fragrant Mediterranean scrub and two streams, where mullets, turtles, eels and frogs live undisturbed.
Masseria Valerio
Trinitapoli
(64 Km)
Masseria Valerio was built in modern times and is located in the Chiavicella Grande district in Trinitapoli. The structure consists of two floors, intended for the master and the workers' accommodation. On the upper floor there is instead, a hanging garrita. Near the building there is a small church dedicated to the cult of Our Lady.
Masseria Caraldo
Trinitapoli
(75 Km)
Masseria Caraldo, also known as Masseria Querandi, was built in modern times. It was part of the Customs of the Sheep of Foggia and presented on the façade a noble coat of arms representing a rampant lion who unfortunately was stolen.
Arco di Federico II
Foggia
(66 Km)
In Piazza Nigra remains the only evidence of the permanence of the Emperor Frederick II in Foggia. The arch is built into a wall the of the Civic Museums.