Day: 18 January 2022

Egnazia

South of Monopoli we were looking for the Ancient city of Egnazia, at the Via Traiana. Outside the museum we found the necropolis, which was interesting to compare with the ones we had seen in Turkey. After a short walk we reached the remains of the town near the sea. The city was already destroyed …

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Castel del Monte

From Bari, we made our way to a fascinating castle, built during the 1240s by King Frederick II, who had inherited the lands from his mother Constance of Sicily. It has neither a moat nor a drawbridge and maybe it never was intended as a defensive fortress. We arrived in the afternoon and found a hidden spot to park on the backside …

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