ストルナーラ周辺のアトラクション＆必見スポット - トップ12

A whole town full of beautiful murals

The religious building was originally located outside the town centre on the road leading to Melfi. Today it is located in via Mascagni in the historic centre.

Among the largest in southern Italy, the dome of the cathedral of San Pietro Apostolo in Cerignola towers over the city and is visible from the surrounding areas.

Cerignola is an Italian town of 60,000 inhabitants in the province of Foggia in Puglia, located in the Ofanto valley south of the Tavoliere. It is the largest town in the Puglia region and in all of southern Italy.

Almost in the center of the city, in the area called Piano San Rocco, the Piano delle Fosse di Cerignola is now the only surviving evidence of a centuries-old method of storing grain. Deposits dug into a tuffaceous terrain, bell-shaped, 4 to 7 meters high, closed by wooden boards covered with earth in the shape of a pyramid to facilitate the flow of rainwater.

Starting in 2018, for a project called Stramurales, nationally and internationally renowned artists have decorated the facades of houses with dozens of murals. They represent scenes of daily life, portraits, animals, landscapes and symbols. Truly special, not to be missed!

The cathedral of San Pietro Apostolo (or Duomo Tonti) is the undisputed symbol of the city. Since the Mother Church had become insufficient for the population of Cerignola, the need arose to design and build a new religious building that could fulfill this task. In 1855, the wealthy Cerignolano Paolo Tonti donated all the proceeds derived from the income of his possessions in order to build a new cathedral. In 1870, after making some changes, the engineer Alvino saw his project approved, for a cost estimate of approximately 127,000 ducats. Construction began in June 1873, with the laying of the first stone. In 1876, the engineer Alvino died and the task passed to the engineer Giuseppe Pisanti, who prepared a further project. The inauguration of the cathedral took place, although construction was not completed, in October 1934 and inherited the titles of cathedral and parish of San Pietro Apostolo from the ancient Mother Church. In September 1986, the church was elevated to the cathedral of the diocese of Cerignola-Ascoli-Satriano and again in April 1998 it was elevated to a minor basilica. From the first Saturday after Easter to the second Monday of October, the icon of the Madonna di Ripalta, patron saint of the city, is kept here.

Leaving the Fosse Granarie behind us, we reach the Church of the Assunzione della BV. Mary! It is one of the churches built outside the walls of the Terra Vecchia. We recall the description of the Church by the Bishop of the Diocese of Ascoli Satriano-Cerignola, Msgr. Angelo Struffolini, who told of a rectangular-shaped religious building, among the streets: dell'Assunta, via Melfi, and the street that led to the Sanctuary of the Madonna di Ripalta! The church has a neo-Renaissance facade; the complex fits into the urban fabric, neglecting any ornamental decoration. Inside, there are works by the Decurtis brothers (1800).