Isole Tremiti (source: Visual Puglia )
The Tremiti archipelago, comprising three islands, an islet and reefs, is around 12 nautical miles from the Southern coast of Gargano archipelago. The Tremiti that are part of the Gargano National Park are a protected marine area of national importance. The island of San Nicola is the cultural and historical centre of the three islands and bears the traces of a history often confused with legend. According to the myth, the island was inhabited by Diomedes when he returned from the battle of Troy, but historical documents specify that it was instead inhabited in the Roman ages and was chosen as the location for a large, possibly Imperial villa the ruins of which can still be seen. The hill on the island is dominated by the fortification of Santa Maria Monastery, controlled over the ages by various monastic orders (Benedictines, Cistercians, Regular Lateran Canons) until its decline in the 18th century. In 1780, Ferdinand IV of Bourbon, the King of Naples, decreed that the island of San Nicola be made a penal colony and many “convicts” were exiled or deported there between the early 19th and early 20th century.
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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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