ancient ruins
Sassi di Matera
Two ancient cave-dwelling districts carved into the ravine of Matera, inhabited since the Paleolithic and now a UNESCO site.
23 km · about 25 min drive
Apulia, Italy · Europe
Gravina in Puglia is worth a stop: 20 minutes from Altamura, 23km from Sassi di Matera.
Gravina in Puglia is a town located in Apulia, Italy. With a population of 42,210, it is an important destination in Europe.
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Gravina in Puglia (Italian: [ɡraˈviːna im ˈpuʎʎa]; Barese: Gravéine [ɡraˈviːnə, ɡraˈvejnə]; Latin: Silvium; Ancient Greek: Σιλούϊον, romanized: Siloúïon) is a town and comune (municipality) of the Metropolitan City of Bari, Apulia, southern Italy.
The word gravina comes from the Latin grava or from the Messapic graba,Read more
with the meaning of 'rock', 'shaft' and 'erosion of bank river'. Other words that share the same root are grava, gravaglione and gravinelle. Alternatively, when the emperor Frederick II went to Gravina, because of the large extension of the lands and for the presence of wheat, he decided to give to it the motto Grana dat et vina, that is to say It offers wheat and wine. Gravina is the home of the Alta Murgia National Park.
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Gravina in Puglia is located in Apulia, Italy, Europe. The coordinates are 40.8175 latitude, 16.4191 longitude.
Gravina in Puglia has a population of approximately 42,210 people, making it a town in Italy.
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ancient ruins
Two ancient cave-dwelling districts carved into the ravine of Matera, inhabited since the Paleolithic and now a UNESCO site.
23 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
An ancient city in Basilicata carved into limestone gorges, with cave dwellings (Sassi) continuously inhabited for over 9,000 years.
23 km · about 25 min drive
castle
A 13th-century octagonal castle built by Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II in Puglia, renowned for its unique geometric design.
32 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
Village wedged into the jagged sandstone spires of the Dolomiti Lucane, linked to neighbouring Pietrapertosa by the Volo dell'Angelo zipline that flies 120 km/h across the gorge. The SP13 approach through the rock gateway is unforgettable.
45 km · about 50 min drive
ancient ruins
Ghost town abandoned in 1963 after a landslide, its Norman tower and gutted palazzi still crowning a clay ridge above the Basento badlands. Visitable on guided hard-hat tours; a favourite film set from The Passion of the Christ to 007.
49 km · about 55 min drive
cathedral
A luminous Romanesque cathedral rising right at the water's edge of Trani's harbour on the Adriatic.
52 km · about 60 min drive
April to October
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