At the sources of the Trigno there was an Italic temple of the third century BC, perhaps to Hercules. In the Middle Ages somebody used its foundations and walls to put up a little church, and the apse can still be made out: they call it Sant'Angelo Indiano, and so the district is called to this day.
Then there is the story of the statue of the Madonna, which kept going back to the hill where she had appeared until it vanished altogether: it turned up at Minervino Murge, in Puglia. The shepherds had probably taken it with the flocks, since from here, at 1,200 metres, they went down to winter on the Tavoliere. The village, 728 residents, sits tight inside its walls, with the castle and San Nicola at the top.
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📅 Every year, from 1 to 3 July, with the patron celebrated on the 3rd after two days dedicated to the Madonna delle Grazie
Vastogirardi celebrates Saint Nicholas of Bari on 3 July, after two days dedicated to the Madonna delle Grazie; the locality once hosted a 3rd-2nd century BC Italic temple, whose walls were reused in the Middle Ages to build a small church.
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Outside Vastogirardi, but an easy day trip away.
