The Borgo Antico, a surprising visit
In the historical center there is unique and magical atmosphere. The time here seems to have stopped. Children still play on the streets, while seniors get together to talk on the doorsteps of the doors of...
Category: in Old Town
St. Onofrio Church
Adjacent to the Rotunda is the Church of St. Onofrio, a beautiful medieval building built by the mendicant orders in Capitanata turn of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. The interior is completely renovated, beautifully preserved ruins...
Church of San Giovanni Battista (La Rotonda)
It’s the oldest monument in the country, so as to confer the function of a pagan temple dedicated to the god Janus, according to legend. Some consolidation work completed in 1995 under the plaster revealed a...
Wax Museum of Padre Pio
In Pirgiano Street (the way a symbol of the Old Town) is the Wax Museum of Padre Pio, for its historical and artistic importance and originality, worth a visit. Right here lived the mayor of Padre...
Four-Tower (XII – XIII)
One of the 15 towers built in the Middle Ages to defend the village from enemy attack. It lies along Corso Matteotti.
Memorial Mine (XX century) – piazza del Carime, Viale Kennedy
In and around of San Giovanni Rotondo is situated one of the largest bauxite mines in Europe. Into disuse in the last century was a major source of employment for the inhabitants of the country.
