At Rotondella they tell of the Monachella, a mischievous little woman with long hair who hides things about the house, wakes people from their sleep and knots the manes of horses. The rule is that if you manage to catch her she brings luck to the house, the work and the family. The same story is told at Nova Siri and Montalbano Jonico.
The town is called the balcony of the Ionian: from here you see the whole gulf of Taranto, from Puglia to Calabria. In 1261 it was Rotunda Maris, the round one of the sea. Of the castle Ferrante Sanseverino had built in the sixteenth century the Torre del Carcere is left, and today it holds the town library and the historical archive. There are 2,707 residents.
Torre Sanseverino · riserva naturale orientata Bosco Pantano di Policoro
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Next up: Saint Anthony of Padua, patron of a convent that became state property in 1862, Sunday 13 June
Nearest airport: Bari Palese, 110 km away
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📅 Every year, on 13 June
Rotondella celebrates Saint Anthony of Padua on 13 June; his church, belonging to the Franciscan convent of the Zoccolanti built in 1652, was inhabited by monks until 1862, when under the Siccardi law it became state property.
Durum wheat semolina, thick crust, shaped as a horn or a tall loaf: Pane di Matera has held Protected Geographical Indication status since 2008.
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