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Rodi Garganico rises out of a salty cliff face overlooking the Adriatic sea, within the Gargano National Park.
The first inhabitants to settle in this territory were the Rodii Argivi who were attracted by the favourable climatic conditions. As a result they colonised the area during the VIII Century B.C.
Some archaeological findings lead one to presume that in the Roman era Rodi was once a municipium. Upon the fall of the Roman Empire, Rodi experienced a dark and difficult period that began with the destruction of the city by the Goths in 485 A.D.
Rodi was then rebuilt in 553 A.D. at the end of the Greek-Gothic War but was destroyed yet again, this time by the Saracens, in 950. In 1240, as an ally of Frederick II, the town was sacked by the Venetians and in 1466 it became the Fiefdom of Alfonso of Aragon, under whom the hegemony remained until the XIX Century.