Monopoli Apulia 03
Monopoli develops along 15 km of low and jagged coastline, with numerous coves with suggestive names and long sandy beaches that represent a safe landing place for vacationers and tourists for their holidays. The medieval center, characterized by churches and convents, rises today thanks to important restoration works, such as the complex of fortifications (walls and castle), the Romanesque church of Santa Maria Amalfitana, the sumptuous baroque cathedral.
The rural territory, consisting of 99 districts, covers an area of over 150 square kilometers with a great naturalistic, landscape and cultural interest. There are in fact many fortified farmhouses (centers of agricultural activity) also dating back to Roman times, rock churches, trulli , beautiful neoclassical villas and farmhouses.
Among the major tourist attractions of Monopoli are Roman testimonies ( Egnazia ), Byzantine (rupestrian frescoes), Longobarde, Normanne (hamlets, farms, fortresses) and Ispane (Castle of Charles V). Do not miss the Feast of the Madonna della Madia (December 16th and August 15th) that every year brings to life again to devoted residents and to the numerous tourists, the episode of the landing of the raft with an icon of the Virgin on board.
Monopoli Apulia 03
Monopoli develops along 15 km of low and jagged coastline, with numerous coves with suggestive names and long sandy beaches that represent a safe landing place for vacationers and tourists for their holidays. The medieval center, characterized by churches and convents, rises today thanks to important restoration works, such as the complex of fortifications (walls and castle), the Romanesque church of Santa Maria Amalfitana, the sumptuous baroque cathedral.
The rural territory, consisting of 99 districts, covers an area of over 150 square kilometers with a great naturalistic, landscape and cultural interest. There are in fact many fortified farmhouses (centers of agricultural activity) also dating back to Roman times, rock churches, trulli , beautiful neoclassical villas and farmhouses.
Among the major tourist attractions of Monopoli are Roman testimonies ( Egnazia ), Byzantine (rupestrian frescoes), Longobarde, Normanne (hamlets, farms, fortresses) and Ispane (Castle of Charles V). Do not miss the Feast of the Madonna della Madia (December 16th and August 15th) that every year brings to life again to devoted residents and to the numerous tourists, the episode of the landing of the raft with an icon of the Virgin on board.