Basilica di San Giovanni Battista (source: Visual Puglia )
Commissioned between 1714 and 1725 by the Confraternity of the Most Holy Lady of the Annunciation, it soon became a place of miracles, such as the apparition of the Virgin of the Seven Veils to Alfonso Maria de’ Liguori in 1731 and the miracle of Our Lady of Sorrows which put an end to the cholera epidemic of 1837. Since then the people of Foggia have been looking with compassion and faith at this temple, which was then raised to the status of a minor basilica.
Although it retains fairly simple, straightforward architectural features, it remains baroque in its inspiration. On the façade, the vertical development is stressed by the staircase that meets at the entrance. The sides of the portal are richly sculpted and decorated. The interior is in the shape of a Latin cross with one nave only. The decorative pattern, outstandingly baroque in style, has been restored several times over the years. Currently there are three altars: the high altar, with valuable marble inlays and a pillared canopy, is dedicated to Saint John the Baptist; the other two, in the chapels of the transept, are dedicated to the miraculous cholera-ridding Lady of Sorrows and to the Sacred Heart, respectively.
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Daunia and Gargano territories offer a wide variety of scenarios: sweet hills in Fortore river valley, Daunian Apennine area and Ofanto river valley, Gargano national park, Tavoliere delle Puglie tableland and unpolluted Tremiti archipelago. Where endless wheat stretches rise and one can watch without seeing the horizon there is the Tavoliere, a witness of Foggia, San Severo and Cerignola the agricultural tradition. The greenest area in Apulia: Gargano National Park. It stands for its vegetation, ranging from forests to maquis. Five Tremiti islands are considered as veritable natural heavens. Sea beds, caves and erosions carved by the waves and winds represent overpowering attractions for scuba divers and sea lovers.
St. Mary of the Graces and the Capuchin Monastery - San Giovanni Rotondo
Sanctuary of Santa Maria di Stignano - San Marco in Lamis
Tremiti Archipelago in north of Gargano National Park. Two of the islands have been populated since antiquity and the wonderful natural scenario they are in is enriched by the several stories and legends which have been passed over for centuries now, showing the tight connection between islanders, sea and nature
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Gargano National Park covers the whole homonymous cape and also includes Tremiti Islan archipelago. In this park there are several rare protected habitats such as Foresta Umbra ('Umbrian forest'), the last existing sample of a vegetation characterizing most of Mediterranean area during prehistory
Daunia, ancient Capitanata region, includes the Preappennines, the Apulian Tavoliere and Gargano. Its landscape is extremely diverse and ranges from the green of inland parks and forests to the yellow of wheat in the Tavoliere, to the blue of sea water in contrast with coastal white cliffs.
Project created in collaboration with InnovaPuglia.
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