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The Cathedral of Ostuni

Posted on 12 May 201618 May 2021 by stune

The Cathedral of Ostuni: a great beauty The Cathedral of Ostuni is an enchanting place that should not be missed. Because of its rather 'special' location, Ostuni is a town that can be seen from a great distance, even if you are far away and have a lot of walking to do. Among the various details that cannot escape your attention, as well as your sight, are the 'illuminated cross' on a small rise and the grandiose Cathedral, which, to tell the truth, we discover a little at a time when we ven...
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Archaeological Park Ostuni

Posted on 9 March 201625 June 2021 by stune

Archaeological Park of Santa Maria d'Agnano and the history of Ostuni The Archaeological Park of Santa Maria D'Agnano is located about two kilometres from the White City, in a vast area. This area that has offered numerous finds, the most important of which, the skeleton of Ostuni1, a woman who died in childbirth 24,000 years ago at the age of 20, had the remains of a foetus inside. The oldest mother in the world can be admired in the Museum of Preclassic Civilisations of the Southern Murgia...
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The plain of ancient olive trees

Posted on 9 March 201624 May 2021 by stune

The plain of ancient olive trees The plain of ancient olive trees is the top surface of a large sandstone-calcarenite bank that slopes gently down towards the sea. Its morphological and visual boundary, to the west, is formed by the slope of the Murgia plateau, which is particularly imposing and steep and almost completely covered in woodland vegetation, and which, starting from the centre of Ostuni, towards the south-east, gradually descends until it fades into the Brindisi plain. To the nor...
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The museum of Preclassic Civilisations in Ostuni

Posted on 2 March 201624 May 2021 by stune

Museum of Preclassic Civilisations in Ostuni The Museum of Preclassic Civilisations of Ostuni and its exceptional history. The Museum of Preclassic Civilisations of the Southern Murgia, was a monastery with a baroque church attached, the church of San Vito Martire or Monacelle, due to the presence of nuns of the second class, devoted to Santa Maria Maddalena de' Pazzis. From 1866, after the subversive laws, it became state property, and was later bought back with the contribution of a Mother...
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The historic center of Ostuni: the “White city”

Posted on 2 March 201618 May 2021 by stune

The pure white of the historic center of Ostuni The historic center of Ostuni. For those arriving from the sea, Ostuni appears magical, an enchanting sight for the orderly layout of the houses, harmoniously modelled on a hill overlooking a vast plain of olive trees, not far from the sea. A town with a thousand-year history, in which every structure, every wall, every stone can recount a different event. The town stands on the furthest reaches of the south-eastern Murge, in the southern Apenn...
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The coast road of Ostuni

Posted on 2 March 201618 May 2021 by stune

Ostuni and its 20-kilometre coastline The coast road of Ostuni. No one can deny that foreigners and Italians who choose Southern Italy for their holidays are attracted by the mild climate, golden sands, shiny cliffs, clean sea, unique views, healthy gastronomy and the exquisite kindness of the locals. In particular, our coastline, bordered by characteristic dunes and luxuriant Mediterranean scrub vegetation, is one of the largest and most indented in Apulia, a holidaymaker's delight with its b...
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