비사치아 주변 최고의 교통량 없는 자전거 라이딩 코스

September 23, 2025 The picnic area is now nonexistent, everything is destroyed and abandoned, including the lake, which has almost become a puddle. It was truly sad to see all this. I went eight years ago, and everything was different. The area, once well-kept and maintained, is now populated by flies, horseflies, hornets, and a total wasteland.

Sant'Agata di Puglia is a village perched on a hill at the southern limits of the Monti Dauni. It is nicknamed the "Loggia delle Puglie" because it offers a panoramic view of the Tavoliere and up to Monte Vulture in Basilicata. The castle on the top dominates the town, and to reach it you need to take a walk through the alleys paved with cobblestones, not really suitable for racing bikes.

Picnic area on the lake: a perfect area for a relaxing break, there are tables and benches where you can lean on.

Piazza del Comune with a view of the church and water features

The castle of Monteverde, built by the Lombards, dominates the valley crossed by the two rivers mentioned above and the first certain information about its existence comes from a parchment dating back to 897, in which it is certified that it had a fortified building. Of the noble families who lived there, the Grimaldis of Monaco are the main one, in addition, of course, to the one that gave the building its name. The castle, together with the territory of Monteverde and other fiefdoms, was donated, in 1532, by the emperor to Onorato I Grimaldi, Prince of Monaco, in exchange for his loyalty and his successors.

Monteverde is a small village that has just over 700 inhabitants in the province of Avellino. It dominates a valley of the Campania Apennines from the top of a rocky spur of 700 meters, straddling the Osento stream and the Ofanto river. For some years it has been included in the circuit of the most beautiful villages in Italy, due to its historic center of Norman origin and the castle characterized by four towers, two round and two square. In the 2018 edition of the Rai3 television program Il borgo dei borghi Monteverde was selected to represent Campania.

Artificial basin set in the Campania Apennines at 460 m above sea level. It receives its water from the Osento stream that originates in the Lacedonia area and has a fair flow of water, especially in winter. In the sixties, the Capitanata di Foggia decided to build this reservoir to allow the collection of the torrent waters, and then put them in the riverbed during drought periods, to be used for irrigation purposes in the lands of the nearby Puglia. The artificial reservoir has a maximum full capacity of 17,100,000 cubic meters and is delimited by the municipal boundaries of Monteverde, Aquilonia and Lacedonia, all common members of the Alta Irpinia Mountain Community. Lake San Pietro or Aquilaverde (i.e. Aquilonia - Monteverde) today is a place of peace and rare beauty due to the very green crown of the surrounding pine forests and is a wetland affected by the passage of migratory fauna. Only the large dam makes us remember that we are on the banks of an artificial basin. In the part closest to the access road, the bank is low and slopes gently into the water; the other bank is characterized by large rocky walls, dominated by abundant vegetation. A large picnic area develops along the north-east side of the lake

The ruins of Carbonara. Inside the Borgo there is a large Archaeological Park, which still has the urban fabric intact, an eighteenth-century fountain with drinking troughs and wash houses, the Museum of the Itinerant Cities, the Palazzo of the Vitale family, to the visitors who pass through it every day , the ancient Carbonara, appears as a medieval Pompeii. In the Archaeological Park, in addition to the ruins of the mother church and the beautiful pavement of Piazza Municipio, where the two churches (S. Giovanni and the Immaculate Conception), the Town Hall, the Magistrate's Court, Monte Frumentario and the Carceri stood, you can also admire the remains of ancient buildings (De Feo, Cerulli, Giurazzi). The square, recomposed with the wings of the palaces and churches, is used as a container for concerts of traditional music and songs, for ritual and theatrical performances and for historical re-enactments. Beyond the abandoned urban perimeter there is the extramoenic church of the Maddalena. (DO)