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3 Day: Lecce - Ostuni (km. 200) all worldliness, Federico II convinced himself that
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Trulli, Orecchietta In the morning a visit of the “Florence of South”, the Saint was really one man of God.
Lecce is called like that for its rich elegance of the
A lunch to degustate the orecchiette with broc-
and table grapes “Lecce baroque” of the churches and the palaces coli or turnip tops, past in a pan with garlic, oil,
6 days in the center, built in the local stone, a gentle and chili pepper and anchovy fillets.
It seems that this type of dry durum wheat pas-
compact limestone, of warm and golden colors,
very adapted on the scalpel work. ta has been brought to Puglia from Provencal
1 Day: Alberobello Visit of the Cathedral of Maria Santissima Assun- merchants, and very soon transformed into the
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When you arrive at Alberobello it is a little bit like ta in the Duomo’s square; of the Seminar; of the queen of the local gastronomy.
you enter in a magic world, a fairy architecture Episcope, the abode of the Arcivescovo and the Proceeding to Trani and a visit to the splendid
that is unique in the world with more than 1000 seat of Curia, from the port of golden columns, Cathedral of Saint Nicola Pellegrino, dedicated to
trulli of “Quarter Monti”, the most touristic part in the nights, you can taste all the artistic and the patron of the city and a masterful example
in the city, together with “Rione Aia Piccola”, it is spiritual magnificence of the main façade of of Romanesque Apulian, vertiginously high and
a still populated quart of citizens of Alberobello Duomo. fronting the sea, a symbol of the Apulian archi-
and today, both of the quarters are UNESCO pat- Between the symbolic churches of the Lecce’s tecture. A visit of the Svevo Castle, which stands
rimonies. baroque it is the Basilica of S. Croce, one of the three quarters above the water of the water of
Made of calcareous stone on a dry limestone, major architectonical complexes of the city and the Adriatic. Business Proposals in Apulia
without a cement, with floor of the characteristic it substitutes the most significant example of Proceed to the Castel del Monte and a visit of
conic shape, whitened with a milky white lime, the Lecce’s baroque. Saint Oronzo Square tells the octagonal castle, a major architectonic work
a symbol of pureness. The primitive trulli from a thousand old story of Lecce with so many dif- liked by the Imperator Federico II of Svevia. It is
Puglia have been built by farmers and pastors ferent architectonic styles which found together declared world’s patrimony of the humanity, pro-
with stones found in the same place, in the same creating an artistic beauty of harmony. tected by UNESCO, the castle is the most impor-
farms. Constructed of one and only room, they After lunch, a visit of the mediaeval village of Os- tant Suevian work in southern Italy.
were used like a temporary recovery or like a tuni, called also the “White City”, a magic ring of There are many esoteric symbolisms present in
storage for the agricultural tools. small white houses whitened by lime. the Castle, that’s why it is speculated that the
In the evening an accommodation in a hotel in We recommend a visit of the neighborhood “Lu construction could be a sort of temple of the
the zone of Alberobello, dinner and overnight. Spessìte” (remove the e when you pronounce it), knowledge, where you can dedicate yourself to
a tangle of curvy streets, of accumulated houses the science studies applying refined knowledge
2 Day: Matera - the Grotte di Castellana from which some are dig in the rocks, perfumes of math, geometry and astronomy.
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(km. 62)A morning dedicated to the famous Lu- of geraniums and hanging laundry. An ideal place 1 Cent Souvenir: the shape of the Castle del
canian area of the “sassi”, rocky rooms created to make a very unique pictures. Monte in present on the coin of 1 cent of a euro
partly in the natural cavity of the rocks. Matera, In the evening return to the hotel, dinner and in the Italian state, a great souvenir to take like a
thanks to its cultural landscape’s beauty, is a pat- overnight. memory from this trip.
rimony of the World’s Humanity. With the word In the evening an accommodation in a hotel at
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“sassi” it is making a refer to the two quarters 4 Day: Ostuni - Noicattaro - Bari (km. 87) San Giovanni Rotondo, dinner and overnight.
which are constructing it, together with the “Civ- A day dedicated to the degustation of the Puglia’s
ita” and “Piano”, the historic center of Matera. delicacy. 6 Day: San Giovanni Rotondo
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The UNESCO area of Matera in its 32 hectares The sweetest red onion of Acquaviva delle fonti, In the morning a visit of the new sanctuary of San
contains almost 60 rocky churches, thousands of recognizable by the typical flatten form and by its Giovanni Rotondo, whose crypt contains a trans-
troglodyte houses dig in the tuff, caves, hypoge- violet color; the blackberry octopus of Bari; the parent display case that preserves the remains of
ums, palaces, churches, neighborhoods, staircas- table grapes of Rutigliano, Noicattaro, Mola and San Pio, but all the local population is in particu-
es, walkways, gardens and vegetable gardens all Casamassima and the Conversano’ cherries. lar devoted.
of them set one by another to create an unique Noicattaro is the world’s capital of table grapes,
place. The Matera’s stones rise up on one of the where we will have the opportunity to shake and Bari
sides of a canyon dig in the time by the torrent taste this excellence of a territory and to visit the
Gravina. On the other side there is the Park of the smallest theatre of the world.
Matera’s Murgia, which landscape represents the The difference between “table grapes” and
original context of the places and holds the most grapes for the production of the wine: the dif-
antique settlements of the territory. ference is in the taste, in the acidity and in the
Movies that are filmed on Matera: there is a present sugar. The table grapes is a fruit eatable
long list, we will mention some of them: right away, with a thinner skin and a more com-
“Cristo si è fermato a Eboli” winner of 2 David di pact and firm pulp, sweet and rich of natural sug-
Donatello (1979); “King David” with a young one ars presents an inferior acidity. Around 70% of
Richard Gere (1985); “L’uomo delle Stelle” of Tor- the natural production of all the table grapes has
natore, an Oscar nominee (1995); “The Passion origins from Puglia.
of Christ” of the grand Mel Gibson (2004); “Ben In the evening transfer to Bari for a dinner and
Hur” a remake of the colossal in 1959 (2016); overnight.
“Wonder Woman” (2017).
In the afternoon a visit of the Grotte di Castel-
lana, it is between the most beautiful caves of 5 Day: Bari - Trani - Castel del Monte (km. 206)
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Italy. The natural entrance is an enormous chasm A transfer to Bari and a short visit of the city with
which is introduced on a constant temperature its large Corso Vittorio Emanuele, which splits the 195
of 16,5°C. The visit winds toward paths which city in two parts and in two fazes between history
can be from 1 km to 3 km with 70 m deep, be- and modernism.
tween caverns and chasms which have been giv- There are around 30 churches, magical like the
en mythological or fantastic names. Basilica of San Nicola, the Romanesque Basilica
Illustrative visitors of the Grotte: the presidents of San Gregorio and the San Sabino’s Cathedral.
of the Republic Luigi Einaudi and Sergio Mat- The Svevo Castle was the theatre of the meet-
tarella, the jurist Aldo Moro, the actresses Gina ing between San Francesco and the Imperator. It
Lollobrigida and Silvana Pampanini, Her highness seems, in fact, that the one from Assisi thunders
Margaret of England. against the court’s luxuries and Federico II decid-
In the evening return to the hotel, dinner and ed well to put him on a test inviting him on Bari
overnight. and offering him the rich libations and the love of
a beautiful girl. When the nobles assisted of the
strict refuse of Francesco to abandon himself to
Eno-Gastronomia, il meglio della regione Wines & Gastronomy, the best of region