Santeramo in Colle (source: Visual Puglia )
Thanks to favourable conditions such as a mild climate, abundant water, forests and grottoes, making for an ideal habitat, the territory around Santeramo has been home to numerous peoples since antiquity. All the civilisations that lived on the Murgia in succession from the Neolithic peoples to the Peucetii, from the Greeks to the Romans, from the Longobards and Byzantines to the Normans and Swabians, occupied the highest points in the land, building small fortified settlements and using them as positions to watch over and control the territory. The whole area contains scattered remains of prehistoric and protohistoric settlements. Large quantities of Peucetii, Greek and Roman pots, coins, arms and objects of daily use have been found in various places. The tract of the ancient Appian Way between Venusia e Taranto passes through the southern part of the Santeramo countryside. The modern name derives from its patron Erasmus, Bishop of Antioch, martyr of the Diocletian age, who according to legend founded it when crossing the Appian Way.
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Murge are composed of rectangular-shaped calcareous tableland marked by the Ofanto river, the 'Messapi threshold', Basilicata and Adriatic Sea. Murge territory is partially protected through the homonymous park. It encloses an astonishing variety of landscapes: caves, sanctuaries, defensive strongholds, churches and rock settlements, small towns and big cities. Coastal cities such as Bari, Mola, Polignano offer tourists a right mix of limpid waters, beautiful beaches and an extremely wide historic as well as artistic panorama. On the contrary, in the northern part of the region Andria and Altamura attract tourists with their history and rich food heritage.
The Adriatic Coast of Bari territory is characterized by several cities overlooking the coast with their medieval centers. Apulian capital stands ashore with its Castle, close to smaller cities which allow spending beautiful, relaxing vacations at close touch with history
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Northern Murge are characterized by evocative Medieval towns, small fortified villages where that defended populations during invasions. Andria is famous for Castel del Monte, with its classical octagonal layout, built by Frederick II as hunting manor. Altamura makes a bread that puts together the fragrance of wheat and color of the Apulian sun
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