Welcome to Gargano, the sacred mountain, welcome to San Giovanni Rotondo, the town where St. Pio of Pietrelcina had lived and worked for over 50 years, the humble Capuchin friar who devoted his entire life to prayer, to the confessional and to the relief of human suffering becoming a flame of hope for millions of people around the world.

visitsangiovannirotondo.com will guide you through in the history of this small town in the heart of Gargano, where providence has willed that one of the most visited sanctuaries of Christianity was erected, the sanctuary of Santa Maria which, in recent years, has joined the Church of St. Pio, a wonderful architectural work, synthesis of spirituality and functionality, designed by architect Renzo Piano.

A place where spirituality and the presence of the holiness blend with the hospitality of simple and friendly people to which St. Pio wanted to pay tribute with these words: "I will always remember this generous people in my poor prayers, imploring it to peace and prosperity and, as a sign of my love, nothing else can do, I express my desire that if my superiors do not oppose, my bones are composed in a quiet corner of this land." And so it happened.

Gargano has a soul, San Giovanni Rotondo.
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