Sights of Puglia

10/12/2022

Gallipoli, and more specifically the snow-white beach of Lido San Giovanni, just two kilometers from the town of Foggia. The sea is very calm here.

10/12/2022

Puglia is home to one of the most mysterious and beautiful medieval castles in the world - Castell del Monte. In translation, its name means "castle on the mountain", since it is located on a hill five hundred and forty meters high. The place is very beautiful, around lush vegetation, water. Unfortunately, little is known about the history of this building. It is known that the building was built for ten years. As the legends say, it was used as a hunting lodge, a prison, a shelter during the plague. The building itself has a unique design - the shape of a regular octagon.

09/12/2022

Puglia is home to one of the most mysterious and beautiful medieval castles in the world - Castell del Monte. In translation, its name means "castle on the mountain", since it is located on a hill five hundred and forty meters high. The place is very beautiful, around lush vegetation, water. Unfortunately, little is known about the history of this building. It is known that the building was built for ten years. As the legends say, it was used as a hunting lodge, a prison, a shelter during the plague. The building itself has a unique design - the shape of a regular octagon

09/12/2022

For those who love nature and incredible scenery, the delightful town of Santa Maria di Leuca is a must. It is the junction of two seas - the Adriatic and the Ionian. The very name of the city is translated as "white", because in this place this color dominates everywhere. The tourist port in this town is one of the largest. The coast has rocky and sandy areas. It is interesting that stone pavilions that served for women are still preserved here. So, bathing, they were closed from men.

08/12/2022

Trulla houses, which are found nowhere else in the world, brought incredible fame to the city. For their uniqueness, they ended up in 1996 on the UNESCO cultural heritage list. Outwardly, they are cylindrical white-stone structures with a cone-shaped roof. They are built using dry masonry. The peculiarity of such houses is that by pulling out one stone at the base of the roof, it was possible to completely destroy the entire settlement.

08/12/2022

Лапландия, Финляндия 🇫🇮 🌨️

07/12/2022

Previously, this place was the Cathedral of the Byzantine Empire, you can even see its remaining traces. During the reconstruction, the relics of the saint were located in the Basilica of St. Nicholas.

07/12/2022

06/12/2022

There is a Cathedral in the city called San Sabino, where the relics of Bishop Savin are located. The remains ended up in Bari in the ninth century. The modern building of the Cathedral makes an indelible impression. It was built between the end of the twelfth and the end of the thirteenth centuries

05/12/2022

The most visited place in Puglia by tourists is the capital of Bari. There are several architectural monuments that are definitely worth a visit. For example, the castle of Bari, built back in one thousand one hundred and thirty-two. Since the castle has been worked on for several centuries, it combines several styles at once. During its existence, the majestic and powerful building managed to act as a defender from enemies, a prison with a barracks, and at the moment a historical museum, as well as a venue for various exhibitions and all kinds of cultural events