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| TURISMO
- Itinerari |
“Masserie
Fortificate” tours
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Visit
the sweet outstanding lowland ‘marina’.
Explore the beauty of Masseria Garrappa
which still preserve its physiognomy wth
trap doors, castle walls, a beautiful ancient
bridge and a pretty little church with its
sixteenth-century portal. In the same district
or contrada you meet Masseria Losciale which
preserve the charm of a pretentious middle-class
villa.
Masseria Lamalunga is another outstanding
rural area which once belonged to the noble
family of Manfredi and Ghezzi. On the front
wall you can see the armorial bearings which
represent both the families. Note the little
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| Medium
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Some
kilometers and you are in the outstanding
inland. In ‘contrada Conchia’
you’ll find a farm with the same name
of the district, built up in the seventeenth-century
by the middle-class family of Palmieri.
The farm preserve a circuit of defensive
walls and little towers. Note the pensils
on the sides of the terrace due to the sighting
of enemies. Moreover visit the ‘Cristo
delle Zolle’ Church which looks like
a beautiful farm.
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In
order to discover Masseria Caramanna (1659),
another important beauty of our amazing
town, you have to take the 377main road
(Monopoli-Castellana).
A touristic post welcome you in this little
‘village’ which will attract
visitors thanks to its unique and outstanding
monumentality and its still integral rural
nucleus.
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Masseria Caramanna
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| Long
tour |
Cross
the inland till you reach the area of ‘Trulli
e Grotte’. You will find Masseria
Cavallerizza which had been a pretty and
important stud farm from 1495 till 1530.
Canale di Pilo below with its special tracks
aimed at improving the performances of ‘Morello
Pugliese’. The farm is made up of
a rigid structure with a pitch roof and
a low relief with the Lion of St. Mark on.
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Leaving
this hilly zone take the ‘Monopoli-Conversano’
provincial road. Healthy area particularly
suitable for holidays thanks to its numberless
neo-classic villas once belonged to the
local nobility.
Along the road to Conversano you can find
and visit Masseria due Torri which has externally
preserved its original aspect. Going the
contrada along you’ll have the chance
to visit Masseria Petrarolo. The farm, which
has its origin in the seventeenth-century,
consists of trap doors, loop-holes, a beautiful
bell tower and a modest little church. |
Finally
we want to advise you to make a trip to
the outstanding,amazing shoreline and visit
Masseria Spina Grande and Masseria Spina
Piccola. The oldest between the two is Masseria
Spina Piccola a seventeenth-century tower
built on two levels made of defensive walls.
Masseria Spina Grande is instead made up
in red stones. It attracks visitors thanks
to its aristocratic front face and the double
stairs on both of its sides.
This farm is also a great restaurant today,
where you can taste our delicious local
dishes.
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Masseria fortificata "Spina Piccola"
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Le
immagini di questa pagina sono tratte dal libro
"Monopoli cittą unica" di Francesco Pepe
- Zaccaria Edizioni
(Traduzione curata dalla laureanda
Marilisa L’Abbate durante il tirocinio formativo).
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