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Example of rock archaeology. Partly collapsed.

Inserted in the collection https://www.komoot.com/it-it/collection/2431081/-pietre-del-salento - Example of how stones were used to protect themselves. Located on a dirt road adjacent to a cycle path, it is easily accessible and visible. Be careful, it is still a ruin whose stability remains to be verified.

Included in the Salento Bizantino collection www.komoot.com/it-it/collection/1811756/-salento-bizantino - Presumably accessible during the opening of the Sanctuary, however there is no indication of the opening times and/or days . Try to contact the traffic police or a proloco of Carpignano Salentino to understand if and how to visit it. https://www.fondazioneterradotranto.it/2011/07/02/carpignano-salentino-il-santuario-della-madonna-della-grotta/

Inserted in the Salento Bizantino collection komoot.it/collection/1811756/-salento-bizantino - Crypt normally closed, it is opened to the public around mid-July for the celebrations of the Saint (26 July). No contact point described at the entrance to the site. Unfortunately, there is no indication of opening days and times. https://massimonegro.wordpress.com/2011/12/09/galatina-la-chiesa-cripta-di-santanna/

Posted in Salento Byzantine collection komoot.it/collection/1811756/-salento-bizantino - I have not found any trace of the frescoes described on the various sources at my disposal, probably because they are now permanently destroyed or because of the scarce light that prevented them from being found. There are two ways to access the site located in a private farm; the first is to contact the owner directly if you know him; the second is to go around the high wall adjacent to the road by accessing the adjacent private farms and climbing over a couple of dry stone walls. All this, of course, leaving the bicycle close to the aforementioned dry stone walls a short distance from the site respecting everything you encounter in private property, of course. https://www.visitmelendugno.com/dettaglio/punti-interesse/storia-e-cultura/cripta-di-san-nicola/

Posted in the Salento Bizantino collection komoot.it/collection/1811756/-salento-bizantino - In order to access the interior, you must refer to the plaque affixed to the external gate of the entrance to the crypt. Attached to the Highlight is the photo depicting the contact points on which to rely. https://youtu.be/cfnwc5Ojj2E

Ancient "paghiara" called Castle of the Cyclops

frescoed Byzantine crypt