Patron saint festival In 173 days
Saint Vincent Ferrer, patron of the land of the Museum of Arts and Folk Traditions
📅 Every year, on 5 April
Magliano Alfieri celebrates Saint Vincent Ferrer on 5 April.
Until 1910 the village was called Magliano d'Alba; then it took the name of the Alfieri, the family whose castle stands here, built between 1649 and 1680. Vittorio Alfieri spent the first summers of his life in it, and mentions it in more than one letter.
In the nineteen-sixties the castle was turned into a block of council flats, and it has reopened only a few years ago. Inside is a collection given over to plaster ceilings: gypsum was plentiful in the quarries hereabouts, and peasant houses had their lofts lined with decorated plaster structures that cost little, looked handsome and above all held the heat through hard winters.
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Castellana Caves 📍 Castellana Grotte · 1.8 km A 3,348-meter karst cave system mapped in 1938, noted for its 60-meter-deep skylight and dazzling white formations. Santuario di Maria Santissima Regina del Mondo 📍 Monopoli · 6.4 km The sanctuary in the Antonelli district of Monopoli, rebuilt as a vow for the town's safety and consecrated in 1950. Rione Monti 📍 Alberobello · 13 km The 1,030 trulli of Alberobello's larger quarter, laid dry-stone to dodge a tax. Trullo Sovrano 📍 Alberobello · 12 km With walls reaching 2.70 metres in thickness, the Trullo Sovrano is the supreme example of dry-stone architecture. Fondazione Museo Pino Pascali 📍 Polignano a Mare · 13 km Puglia's only permanent contemporary art museum, set in a former slaughterhouse overlooking the sea in Polignano. Chiesa di Sant'Antonio Abate 📍 Fasano · 17 km The Observant friars' church in Fasano, with its dome, onion-spired bell tower and frescoed 1600s cloister.