The old cathedral of San Corrado stands on the harbour with its twin towers and three aligned domes: one of Puglian Romanesque's most recognisable profiles, photographed by eight centuries of sunsets. Behind it, the herringbone-planned old town — the medieval "island" — keeps intact the layout of a sea town that still lives by the sea: its fishing fleet is among the Adriatic's most important.
Molfetta's Holy Week, with the confraternities' nighttime processions, is among the South's most deeply felt. The new port and its fish fry shops close the evening properly.
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