UNESCO
UNESCO in Puglia
3 towns
Puglia carries 3 of the UNESCO towns we cover. They are in the Bari, Barletta-Andria-Trani, and Foggia provinces.
The three most recognized in our catalogue are Andria, Monte Sant'Angelo, and Alberobello.
The towns
Andria
Province: Barletta-Andria-Trani · 151 m
The city Frederick II carved in stone as his faithful Andria, the birthplace of burrata, ruling the Murge plateau eighteen kilometers north of its most famous castle.
Monte Sant'Angelo
Province: Foggia · 843 m
The Gargano peak at 843 meters, the oldest western shrine to an archangel, UNESCO since 2011.
Alberobello
Province: Bari · 402 m
The Itria valley town built entirely of trulli, 1,500 corbelled limestone cones in two quarters, UNESCO since 1996.
From elsewhere in Italy
Five more towns
Bosa
Province: Oristano
A colour-washed riverside town on Sardinia's only navigable river, with a Malaspina castle on the hill and the tanneries of Sas Conzas along the Temo.
Bagnara di Romagna
Province: Ravenna
A 22-meter plain commune in the Bassa Romagna, the only fully preserved medieval castrum surviving in the Romagna lowlands.
Frigento
Province: Avellino
An Irpinia hill village at 911 meters with a Republican-era Roman cistern complex on its summit and four valleys at its feet.
Campo di Giove
Province: L'Aquila
At 1,064 meters under the southwestern Maiella, one of the highest villages in the park, named for a Roman temple to Jupiter.
Barumini
Province: Medio Campidano
A Marmilla village whose nuraghe became Sardegna's first UNESCO site.