Patron saint festival In 214 days
Saint Albert of Montecorvino, patron of the town
📅 Every year, on 16 May
Pietramontecorvino celebrates Saint Albert of Montecorvino on 16 May, with the Madonna di Costantinopoli as second patron on 18 August.
The village was called simply Pietra until 1862. In 1137 the people of Montecorvino took refuge here, a bishop's seat that Roger the Norman had destroyed: they settled in the caves of the tufa spur. The earthquake of 5 December 1456 finished the work, and no one was left at Montecorvino.
In 1337 the lord of Pietra was Carlo de Cabannis, son of a Moorish slave of the Neapolitan court who, once free, rose to be vice-seneschal of the Kingdom; in 1345 he was accused of plotting the murder of Andrew of Hungary, husband of Queen Joanna, and sentenced to death. In the ducal palace, on the vault of the great hall, the dukes' motto is still there: Duriora decoxi, I have broken harder things.
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Patron saint festival In 308 days
The Madonna di Costantinopoli, second patron of the town
📅 Every year, on 18 August
Pietramontecorvino celebrates the Madonna di Costantinopoli on 18 August, alongside patron Saint Albert of Montecorvino, celebrated on 16 May.
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Near Pietramontecorvino
The closest destinations covered by our editors, with straight-line distance.
Places to see within 25 km
Outside Pietramontecorvino, but an easy day trip away.
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.