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Great place to visit with the kids!

Gioia del Colle is a village characterized by its Byzantine origins. The narrow streets and white houses make this town very suggestive. It is worth visiting the Norman-Swabian castle which stands out over the town and houses the national archaeological museum.

Town of considerable historical importance, the historic center with its Norman Swabian Castle is worth a detour

the Panicelli farmhouse, a structure very similar to that of a castle due to the presence of four bastions. A building dating back to the 15th century, characterized by a considerable height and a particular defensive structure.

Born as a hunting lodge for the Counts of Conversano and subsequently transformed into a structure used for the breeding of livestock (this can be deduced from the fact that the livestock pit is located outside the walls), it is configured as the symbol of the defensive system and the typology of direct systems, itself at first sight would seem more like a fort than a farm for breeding.

This building falls into the category of Masserie-Castello and is located in the municipality of Adelfia in the province of Bari. It was built in 1600, by the Marquis of Laureto, Carlo Tommaso de Nicolai, who wanted this building to reside there, having decided to retire to the countryside to to be able to personally conduct the agricultural activity of his property. The son of the Marquis, Cataldo, also led country life, but for health reasons. He was responsible for some building additions, which further defined the character of a castle. The complex was then bequeathed to the Fascina family. It is an imposing building in a classical style, characterized by a splendid double staircase that leads to the loggia, and to the entrance. On both sides there are two towers. The building is surrounded by a thick wall, which also includes the remains of what was once the chapel, now completely destroyed.

The structure was built in 1501 at the behest of the energetic Isabella of Aragon, the first woman in history to govern the Apulian capital. It was conceived to manage the neighboring agricultural funds and at the same time raise the animals owned by the sovereign. A few years later it was donated to the Tanzi, the richest family in the city before the unification of Italy, who even administered it until 1878, making several extensions.

It is so impressive that it is nicknamed "the castle" and hides inside frescoes, a hypogeum and even a small church. We are talking about the Torre Reddito farm in Triggiano, a sixteenth-century complex immersed in that tangle of "timeless" rural roads located south-east of Bari. It is a pity that it is a practically unexplored treasure: it has been closed to the public since time immemorial.