Travel and holidays to south Italy - Holiday accommodation in Apulia, Sicily, Amalfi Coast, Calabria, Basilicata and Eolian Islands.
This is an area so little known to the European tourism yet in a delightful land wealthy of natural beauties, such as the Arch of Arcomagno, a natural arch of rock, entrance to an attractive coved beach, with calm turquoise sea; the Faraglioni of Capri, beautiful sea rocks in the sea of Capri, one of many in the Amalfi Coast; or the Etna Volcano, still active and one of Sicily's biggest tourist attractions.
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Travel and holidays to south Italy - Holiday accommodation in Apulia, Sicily, Amalfi Coast, Calabria, Basilicata and Eolian Islands.

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Monte Sant'Angelo - Travel and Holiday to south Italy, accommodation by the sea or rural

 

Apulia - Monte Sant'Angelo

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Monte Sant'Angelo is located on the southern spur of the Gargano headland and on one side overlooks Tavoliere and on the other, the Gulf of Manfredonia. The spur hosting the town is also home to the altar of the Archangel St. Micheal, which is located inside a limestone cave.

The history of the town revolves around the construction of a church dedicated to the Archangel Michael who appeared to some locals on the eve of a battle against the Barbarians, which the locals subsequently won. The exact date of the church is uncertain and ranges from 493 to the following century.
It is however certain that Monte Sant'Angelo, destroyed on various occasions and rebuilt, has become over time a symbol of resistance for the church against Byzantine domination. The steady flow of local pilgrims and Crusades lead to the construction of shelters, originally known as "mansioni", and homes that composed the first nucleus that went on to become the town centre.
This initial area of the town was composed of the "Junno" district, still in the old part of the town.

The dominations that followed united the destiny of Monte San'Angelo to that of all the other towns in the south of Italy, mirroring the subsequent fortifications that led to the construction of castles and surrounding town walls.