Dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Ostuni's dramatic 15th-century cathedral has an unusual Gothic-Romanesque-Byzantine facade with a frilly rose window and an inverted gable. The 18th-century sacred art covering the ceiling and altars is well worth stepping inside to see.
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24.63 MILES
These spectacular limestone caves, 40km southeast of Bari, are Italy's longest natural subterranean network. The interlinked galleries, first discovered…
Museo Nazionale Archeologico di Taranto
25.36 MILES
Sitting unassumingly in a side street in Taranto's new town is one of Italy's most important archaeological museums, chiefly dedicated to the archaeology…
Tempio di San Giovanni al Sepolcro
20.23 MILES
This 12th-century church, a brown bulk of Norman stone conforming to the circular plan the Templars so loved, is a wonderfully evocative structure,…
25.63 MILES
The 11th-century cathedral is one of Puglia's oldest Romanesque buildings and an extravagant treat. It's dedicated to San Cataldo, an Irish monk who lived…
Museo Archeologico Provinciale Ribezzo
20.29 MILES
This superb museum covers several floors with well-documented exhibits (in English), including some 3000 bronze sculptures and fragments in Hellenistic…
25.59 MILES
Guarding the swing bridge that joins the old and new parts of town, this impressive 15th-century structure, built on Norman and Byzantine predecessors,…
18.41 MILES
Trullo Sovrano dates in parts to the early 17th centuryÂ, and is Alberobello's only two-floor trullo. Built by a wealthy priest’s family, it’s now a small…
Museo di Civiltà Preclassiche della Murgia
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Located in the Convento delle Monacelle, the museum's most famous exhibit is Delia, a 25,000-year-old expectant mother. Pregnant at the time of her death,…
Nearby Ostuni attractions
1. Museo di Civiltà Preclassiche della Murgia
0.04 MILES
Located in the Convento delle Monacelle, the museum's most famous exhibit is Delia, a 25,000-year-old expectant mother. Pregnant at the time of her death,…
2. Parco Archeologico e Naturale di Arignano
1.44 MILES
Many of the finds at Ostuni's Museo di Civiltà Preclassiche della Murgia come from this cave and Palaeolithic burial ground, which doesn't offer much in…
12.76 MILES
Built over an existing castle in 1668, this imposing baroque palace has had a multitude of functions over the years, and is now the office of the civic…
18.12 MILES
On the eastern side of Via Indipendenza is Rione Aia Piccola. This neighbourhood is much less commercialised than Rione Monti, with 400 trulli, many still…
18.38 MILES
Within the old town quarter of Rione Monti more than 1000 trulli cascade down the hillside, many of which are now souvenir shops. The area is surprisingly…
18.41 MILES
Trullo Sovrano dates in parts to the early 17th centuryÂ, and is Alberobello's only two-floor trullo. Built by a wealthy priest’s family, it’s now a small…
7. Tempio di San Giovanni al Sepolcro
20.23 MILES
This 12th-century church, a brown bulk of Norman stone conforming to the circular plan the Templars so loved, is a wonderfully evocative structure,…
8. Porta dei Cavalieri Templari
20.28 MILES
After the Romans, the next big event to hit Brindisi was the Crusades during the 12th and 13th centuries. The Porta dei Cavalieri Templari, an exotic…