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The square at the top of the village, still decorated for the feast of San Rocco, the town's patron saint. From the square, a road leads to the old town, a well-established place to visit, all the way to the viewpoint overlooking the countryside to the north, a little-known gem. Around the square, there are several fountains for refueling and bars for a tasty break!

Descending from the center of Montescaglioso, you follow this perfectly paved downhill stretch with a series of beautiful hairpin bends overlooking the mountain countryside. It's about 3 km downhill before the road starts climbing again toward Matera. There's a bit of traffic, especially on the way up, but overall, it's very pleasant!

amazing authentic trulli along the road but the fences on the fake new cycling path but private are soooo annoying with travel bicycle with panier

Railway underpass at the entrance to Gioia

excursion to the S. Vito forest, Scivolizzo pine forest and Laterza ravine (TA)

Laterza has very ancient origins. The finds that emerged from the excavation work of 1965 testify to the presence of a population that lived in the Neolithic. As regards the name of Laterza, the most suggestive hypothesis would trace the name back to Laertes, father of Ulysses, in whose honor the Cretans, who fled after the war with the Mycenaeans, founded a colony on the spot. The town arose around the year one thousand. Laterza, in 1030, after having been a Lombard-Beneventan dominion, passed to the Normans. In 1060 it was the turn of the Swabians and subsequently of the Angevins. In 1292 the fiefdom was connected to the principality of Taranto. The construction of the castle (Marquis Palace) with a portal from 1393 dates back to this period. In 1541 Pietro Antonio d'Azzia obtained the title of marquis of Laterza, a title which in 1655 passed to the Perez-Navarrete family until 1806, the year in which Feudal rights are abolished and the country passes to the Bourbon kingdom. It will subsequently become part of the Kingdom of Italy. The historic center of Laterza is surrounded by walls, the Castle and the ravine: a deep crevasse originating from the erosion of rocks on pre-existing fractures

Small road, but relatively poor asphalt. Typical landscape with fields and dry stone walls. If the asphalt was better, it would be a highlight.

Little known compared to other places in Puglia, but the historic center of Laterza, overlooking a beautiful and green ravine, is absolutely worth a visit.