Tag: frescoes
THE MILLENNIALS BIKE TOUR
We will start from via Porto, in Monopoli old town, we will take you to discover medieval villages excavated into the rock and fortified large farms – “masserie”. Authentic places, still working farms, where is still possible to live the authentic Apulian atmosphere. We will take country routes with old dry-stone walls, wonderful olive trees […]
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THE HIDDEN MONOPOLI. ON THE ROUTE OF THE CRUSADERS
The Hidden Monopoli it’s a fascinated tour in Monopoli countryside to discover the Rocky villages, amaziling carved in the caves. They used to be houses, mills, stables and churches during the Middle Ages. Let’s start from the ancient harbour of the city to follow the Roman Via Traiana traveled for centuries by armies and pilgrims. […]
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GROTTO-CHURCHES, MASSERIE AND OLD OLIVE TREES
In Monopoli countryside among centuries-old olive trees there are lots of fortified large farms (“Masserie”) and “rocky churches”, churches excavated inside the rock with paintings on the walls, manifestation of a civilization developed in Puglia between VI and XIII century. After the crash of the Roman Empire, in fact, it wasn’t safe living in the […]
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