Puglia travel & food magazine
From 18 to 20 September 2026 Gravina in Puglia hosts the 24th edition of Historia, the gathering of historical pageants: the Orsini on Friday, Frederick II and Dario Fo on Saturday, Charles II of Anjou and the great procession on Sunday. The programme with times and squares.
At the end of the summer the Italian series Costanza brought back the name of Selvaggia of Staufen, Frederick II’s daughter. It was filmed between Verona and Vicenza, but the story begins in Puglia: Castelpagano, Castel del Monte, Lucera, Oria, Trani. The real places, and a three-day route.
A Neanderthal skeleton fused into the rock of a cave, and still exactly where it fell.
The first bread in Europe to get a DOP, in 2003. Remilled durum semolina, natural sourdough, wood-fired oven — and a rulebook that even specifies the water.
Three kilometres underground, 70 metres deep, ending at the White Cave.
An octagonal castle built in 1240 by Frederick II. No moat, no drawbridge, no stables — and no agreement on what it was for.
