Category: in Old Town

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...