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Peshici: church of Santa Maria di Calena, built shortly after the year Ona Thousand.
Vieste: caste built for Frederick II; cathedral, a remarkable example of 11th century Apulian architecture.
Monte Sant'Angelo: sanctuary of San Michele Arcangelo, builtfor the bishop of Siponto, Lorenzo Maiorano after a miraculous appearance of the Archangel Michael in a cave on the mountain (the "grotta del toro"), an apparition was thought responsible for the victorious resistance to an attack by the Barbarians. These appearances and hte legend are relived in some of the illustrations found on the splendid bronze door of the sanctuary. Castle, standing guard to the sanctuary with the massive Torre dei Giganti, constructed by the Normans, inhabited by Frederick II and the birth place of his son, Manfred.
Manfredonia: castle of Manfred, square, with three corner towers, completed by the Angevins, restored by the Bourbons and restructured by the Savoys.
Grava di Campolato: this is the most omportant cave in the Gargano, a vertical chasm 100 metres deep with a small entrance which gradually widens. On the bottom is a tunnel about one kilometre long which, in turn, descends to a depth of more than 300 metres to ena in an underground passage filled with water and virtually impracticable. Visits should be made in spring or summer.
The gargano promontory is also a natural area of primary importance as it has many uncontaminated parts rich in environmental values and resources.
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