On 6 November 1861 Crocco's bands found Salandra barricaded: the national guard and the mobile guard had shut themselves in the castle and were firing from above. What brought the town down was not the brigands but the people of Salandra: hostile to the gentry, they opened a way in from inside. The sacking and the fire lasted all night.
In the church of Sant'Antonio, attached to the convent Francesco Revertera had built from 1573 and which today is the town hall, there is an organ in the gallery dating from 1570: one of the oldest still working in Italy. Beside it hang two polyptychs, one by Simone da Firenze of 1530 and one by Antonio Stabile of 1580. There are 2,934 residents.
Cappella della Madonna del Monte
Pane di Matera
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Next up: Saint Roch, patron proclaimed after the plague of 1656, Wednesday 18 August
Nearest airport: Bari Palese, 77 km away
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📅 Every year, on 18 August
Salandra celebrates Saint Roch on 18 August: he was proclaimed patron after the plague struck the town in 1656; in 1861, during the post-unification banditry, Salandra was attacked by the bands of Crocco and Borjes.
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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