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Built in 1938 and erected in 1958, the Parish of San Michele Arcangelo is located in the small village of San Simone (Crispiano-TA). Behind it we find the chapel dedicated to Maria SS.ma del Carmelo built in 1649, as can be seen from the date engraved on the entrance architrave, together with the coat of arms IHS, Iesus Hominum Salvator, Jesus Savior of men. In ancient times it was dedicated to San Filippo Neri, depicted in the apse of the same chapel, next to the Virgin, to the right of the observer, because the entire farmhouse belonged to the homonymous farm, bordering the church. This farm was later called San Simini and still retains this name today. Due to its position in relation to the cow cart, the chapel suggests that in its time it served as a stop and reference point in the transhumance from the Murge towards Salento. The chapel consists of a single small room with barrel vaults and inside there are frescoes: the Virgin of Carmel with Child, on the left St. Thomas the Apostle and St. Michael the Archangel and St. Martin of Tours, on the right St. Philip Neri and St. Simon the Apostle. Above the entrance door stands a beautiful bell tower with a 19th-century bell.

The ancient quarries of Fantiano open at the outlet and on one side of the gravina of the same name, characterized by an articulated and complex system of quarry spaces, even of large dimensions and on different levels. The age of use of the quarries is attributable to different periods as it is easy to guess from the different signs left by the mining activity on the rock walls, with the typical signs of manual extraction profoundly different from those attributable to the use of machines.

The church in the hamlet of San Michele. Last water point 0er who faces the climb towards Martina

The trail travels towards the Grande quarry. Easily accessible and accessible from the provincial road. Technical shoe is recommended. Always open

Unmarked path to reach the wooden bridge over the Galeso River

dirt tour from San Simone to Paolo VI and return from Montemesola, La Francesca farm

The paths excavated in the quarries are very fun, they become very technical in days after the rain that digs them a lot