Patron saint festival In 252 days
Saint John the Baptist, patron of the Shrine of Sant'Agnello Abate
📅 Every year, on 24 June
Roccarainola celebrates Saint John the Baptist on 24 June.
Of the hamlets that made up Roccarainola in the early Middle Ages almost all the names are known: Fellino, Sasso, Mediana, Barcano, Urbano, Materno, Gargani, Ravinula, Puzano, Maimano. Almost all: there is one, up in the hills, whose name is no longer known. At Fontanelle, instead, there is a Roman aqueduct dug as filtering tunnels, what the East calls a qanat.
The two castles, that of Roccarainola and the Castelluccia of Fellino, corresponded to two separate fiefs, brought together only in 1315 by the lord Martino II. The list of lords who followed one another from then until 1806 is very long and almost unbroken. On 18 July 1943 an Allied bombing killed about thirty-five people: the monument in the square dates from 2012.
The Roccarainola guide
What to eat here 2
Pizza Napoletana · Caprese
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Events & festivals 1
Next up: Saint John the Baptist, patron of the Shrine of Sant'Agnello Abate, Thursday 24 June
Getting there
Nearest airport: Napoli Capodichino, 25 km away
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Near Roccarainola
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Places to see within 25 km
Outside Roccarainola, but an easy day trip away.
Fondazione Museo Pino Pascali 📍 Polignano a Mare · 700 m Puglia's only permanent contemporary art museum, set in a former slaughterhouse overlooking the sea in Polignano. Santuario di Maria Santissima Regina del Mondo 📍 Monopoli · 12 km The sanctuary in the Antonelli district of Monopoli, rebuilt as a vow for the town's safety and consecrated in 1950. Castellana Caves 📍 Castellana Grotte · 15 km A 3,348-meter karst cave system mapped in 1938, noted for its 60-meter-deep skylight and dazzling white formations. Celia peuceta 📍 Bari · 17 km Ancient Caelia, the Peucetian city that Bari beat with its harbour. Rione Monti 📍 Alberobello · 24 km The 1,030 trulli of Alberobello's larger quarter, laid dry-stone to dodge a tax. Trullo Sovrano 📍 Alberobello · 23 km With walls reaching 2.70 metres in thickness, the Trullo Sovrano is the supreme example of dry-stone architecture.