Canosa di Puglia - Canosa di Puglia

Canosa di Puglia is a city of Puglia.

To know

Geographical notes

Canosa is located a couple of kilometers from the right bank of the Ofanto river and about twenty kilometers from the Adriatic Sea. The slope on which the city is built is predominantly clayey and sandy on the surface; it covers a limestone layer ("Gravina calcarenites") which in turn is the typical one tuff yellowish-white in color and easily disintegrated. This morphological characteristic has allowed the construction of artificial hypogea and the readjustment of natural caves for various purposes.The surrounding area extends southwards to the slopes of the Murge, westwards to the Ofanto (also the provincial border) and is mainly flat.

When to go

Canosa enjoys a temperate climate, particularly mild and comfortable in spring and autumn, cold winters and mild summers.The average monthly temperatures are strongly influenced by the Murgian climate and range from 8 ° C in January to 30 ° C in month of august. Annual rainfall occurs mainly in the period from September to April.

Background

Founded according to legend by the Homeric hero Diomedes, Canusium it was among the most important indigenous centers of Daunia first and then of Apulia.

The first settlements date back to the Neolithic period (6000-3000 BC). Subsequent eras saw the establishment of the archaic settlement of Toppicelli, on the ofantina plain, characterized by the presence of aristocratic buildings and tombs very rich in grave goods belonging to the so-called "Daunian princes".

Over the centuries, Canosa became an important commercial and artisan center (to remember the production of "Canosa vases", strongly influenced by the Magna Graecia culture. In 318 BC it became an allied city of Rome, welcoming its soldiers defeated in 216 BC. from Hannibal to Canne. From 88 BC is municipium and shortly after it becomes a junction of the Via Traiana (109 AD). Later the emperor Antoninus Pius elevates the center to the rank of colony with the name Aurelia Augusta Pia Canusium. After the diocletian reform it became the capital of Regio II Apulia et Calabria, it was also the seat of the metropolitan bishop of Puglia.

It became the seat of a gastaldato with the Lombard invasion in the sixth century, and subsequently suffered several devastations at the hands of the Saracens (expelled around 871).

Canosa finds a certain importance with the Normans, thanks to the particular interest shown by Prince Bohemond I of Antioch (who since 1111 lies in the mausoleum next to the Cathedral) and then, under the Swabians, by Frederick II. Swabian begins its decline, accentuated by the multiple earthquakes (1361, 1456, 1627, 1659), by the numerous looting (in particular, of Taranto in 1451 and of Napoleon's French soldiers in 1803) and by the loss of the bishop's seat: Canosa became a feud, which was led by various families: the Orsini Del Balzo, the Grimaldi of Monaco, the de Gemmis of Castel Foce, the Affaitati of Barletta, the Capece Minutolo of Naples.

How to orient yourself

From the Acropolis area, consisting of a bastion surrounded downhill by a maze of stairways and narrow alleys (still present today), the center has extended to the plain below, the area of ​​the tombs first Daune, then Roman, finally Paleochristian. The city then evolved in Roman times, with the construction of buildings, aqueducts, an amphitheater, places of worship and other tombs in local tuff and bricks. The Via Traiana crossed the civitas, which, due to the morphology of the places, was not built according to the criteria of the Roman camp.

From the early nineteenth century to today, Canosa has taken on an increasingly precise physiognomy: two main squares, connected by a course that followed the ancient Via Traiana (41.2237716.064511 Corso San Sabino which today is a pedestrian street), establish the city center: in the first (Piazza Vittorio Veneto) there is the cathedral of San Sabino; in the second (now Piazza della Repubblica) the Town Hall. Several roads branching off from both sides lead to the most "strategic" points of the city.

Since the 1980s, Zone 167 has grown on Monte Scupolo, initially intended for popular residences. Currently the area is a second parallel center (Canosa Alta, formerly Torre Caracciolo) which welcomes more than a third of the inhabitants of Canosa, therefore no longer destined only to cooperatives of public housing, but to villas, shops and restaurants.

Fractions

• 41.16388915.9666671 Loconia - rural part of the city, 14 km from the center.

How to get

By plane

• International airport of BariKarol Wojtyla known as Bari-Palese
• Foggia airport Gino Lisa

By car

• Highway (Highway of the two seas) Naples-Canosa, 172 km from Naples
• Highway (Adriatic Highway) Bologna-Taranto, 611 km from Bologna and 133 km from Taranto.

On boat

• Port of Trani
• Port of Barletta
• Port of Bari

On the train

• 41.218516.05422 Canosa di Puglia station, Corso Garibaldi, 253. Along the line Barletta-Spinazzola. From Barletta you change for long-distance trains.  

By bus

National and international bus lines

• Marino s.r.l
• Marozzi

Extra-urban bus lines

• STP S.p.A.
• Railways of the Gargano
• SITA S.p.A.

How to get around

By public transport

There are 3 urban bus lines of the Caputo company that run throughout the city, also reaching the hamlet of Loconia. The frequency of each step is 30 minutes.

By car

• 41.22576816.067673 Free parking. 
• 41.21514616.0688164 Free parking. 

Bicycle

Getting around by bike could be tiring: Canosa is located on a series of hills that create even very steep climbs and descents. The center is almost flat, while the Castello district, the San Giovanni district, and the area Canosa Alta (former zone 167) can have difficult climbs to tackle. The few cycle paths (eg zone 167 / Stadio) are not very efficient also because they are usually ignored by the natives who usually park their cars there.

On foot

It is the best solution. Canosa can be covered on foot from one extreme to the other in less than an hour: the suburbs (excluded Canosa Alta) are less than 15-20 minutes from the center. Walking you can admire the architecture, the labyrinthine and old alleys of the Castle, the streets, the squares and the markets.

Information for the disabled

Unfortunately, it is still difficult for people with disabilities to be self-sufficient. Over the last few years, the various administrations have installed a substantial number of ramps and slides, unfortunately not always accessible. There are parking spaces for cars reserved for the disabled, some buses arranged for the transport of the disabled. There are no sound or tactile indications, nor paths on the floor for the blind.

What see

Churches

• 41.2230316.0664121 Cathedral of San Sabino (Cathedral of Canosa di Puglia), Corso S. Sabino, ☎ 39 0883 662035, 39 333 8856300, 39 392 3257534, @[email protected]. Free. Guided tours by appointment. Mon-Sun 9: 00-12: 30 and 17: 00-21: 00. After the death of Sabino, the occupation of the Lombards was followed by a serious crisis: the size of Canosa was reduced to the area of ​​the forum (or the current cathedral) and to the upper area. In the eighth century, the Lombard princes started the construction of a new cathedral in a more central neighborhood. In the new Cathedral the body of San Sabino. In the 11th century the cathedral was rebuilt. This reconstruction was probably wanted by the Normans Roberto the Guiscardo and by his son Boemondo, buried in a mausoleum near the cathedral. The Cathedral was therefore the seat of the bishop of Canosa and Bari until the end of the 11th century.

It has a cruciform plan, with five domes aligned, three aligned along the main axis and two placed on the arms of the transept. The original appearance was altered by the addition of chapels on the sides and a modern facade at the end of the 19th century. In the church there are many decorative and architectural elements from Roman and medieval buildings now in ruins, starting with the green marble columns recovered from a Roman building. Inside, among the liturgical furnishings, the ambo of Accetto stands out, author of the pulpits of Monte Sant'Angelo (1039) and of Siponto (1040): the inscription on the right side of the chest bears the name of the author "P (er) Iussionem D (omi) ni mei Guitberti ven (erabili) s p (res) b (ite) r (i) / ego Acceptus peccator archi / diac (o) n (us) feci hoc opus"(By order of my lord, the presbyter Guitberto, I, Archdeacon Accept, made this work). In one of the chapels in the right aisle there is an icon with the Virgin and Child from the 13th century; at the bottom of the same nave in February 2013 part of a Byzantine fresco representing the Crucifixion (11th-12th century) was discovered, probably belonging to a cycle that has disappeared today: the right arm of the crucified Christ can still be seen, the Angel on the arm of the cross, and part of the people assisting the sacrifice.  

• 41.2228616.06662 Mausoleum of Bohemond, Corso S. Sabino (Next to the Cathedral), ☎ 39 0883 662035, 39 333 8856300, 39 392 3257534. Free. Guided tours by appointment. Mon-Sun 9: 00-12: 30 and 17: 00-21: 00. The mausoleum of Boemondo leans against the southern transept of the cathedral of San Sabino, a quadrangular marble temple with a single apse, covered by a small dome on an octagonal pseudo-drum. The monument was commissioned by Abelarda di Buonalbergo, wife of Roberto il Guiscardo, to guard the remains of his son Boemondo, who died in 1111 in Antioch. The first generation of Norman kings - including Roberto il Guiscardo himself - had been buried in the Santissima Trinità di Venosa, in a dynastic pantheon linked to a monastic church. With Boemondo and his brother Ruggero Borsa († 1111, buried in the quadriportico of the cathedral of Salerno) a new phase is inaugurated, in which the dynastic tomb is directly linked to the cathedral church, taking up a tradition already followed in southern Italy for burials of the bishops and of many Lombard dukes and princes and continued later by the Norman kings of Sicily. The bronze doors, the work of Ruggero di Melfi, have an Islamic decoration, despite the figurative panels on the right door are of Western tradition: the three figures perhaps represent Norman princes, the image - now disappeared - of the Virgin with the Child on the left door and the two figures kneeling, with their hands raised towards a figure probably of Christ - which has also disappeared. The Latin inscriptions engraved on the bronze door and on the frame of the drum of the mausoleum recall the exploits of Bohemond and thus address the visitor: "Take a look at these doors, read what is written, pray for Bohemond so that he may have his place in the Kingdom of Heaven ”. Also in this building were inserted many early medieval fragments from buildings now in ruins. Incorporated into the enclosure wall are a fragmentary marble pluteus from the 6th century, probably coming from the cathedral of Santa Maria and decorated with a series of lozenges, and two fragmentary shelves in Proconnesian marble, also from the 6th century, of which one, probably of oriental import, it presents a decoration consisting simply of a cross with expanded arms, the other is instead decorated with two acanthus leaves. 
• 41.22353416.0608013 Church of the Carmine (Beata Vergine Del Carmelo), Via Carmelitani, 1, ☎ 390883661052. 

• 41.22645216.05744 Baptistery of San Giovanni, Vico Pietro Metastasio, 28. Mon-Sun 9: 00-12: 00 and 15: 00-19: 00. The baptistery of San Giovanni is a twelve-sided building with four rooms on the main axes, which constitute the arms of a Greek cross, and four corridors alternating with it, which all overlook the central room with one and two doors respectively. At the center of the building are the remains of a heptagonal baptismal font. The tub area was covered with a dome. It was a building of great value, not only for the considerable size and articulation of the spaces but also because it was equipped with a vast decorative apparatus, of which few but significant traces have been found: in the tub glass tiles covered with a gold leaf and fragments of the floor mosaic, decorated with four-pointed stars, whose arms are rendered by lozenges, alternating with rectangles.  
• 41.2247416.0611325 Church of Santa Caterina, Via S. Caterina. 
• 41.22530616.0597596 Church of Santa Lucia. 
• 41.22505516.0624857 Church of San Francesco and San Biagio, Piazza Martiri XXIII Maggio (Next to the Town Hall), ☎ 390883661048. 
• 41.22030216.0678528 Church of Jesus and Mary, Via Federico II, 1, ☎ 390883661596. 
• 41.21368516.0596039 Church of Our Lady of Constantinople, provincial road Canosa-Montegrosso. 
• 41.21899916.07631710 Church of Jesus Liberatore, Travia IV Baccaro, 1, ☎ 390883613262. 
• 41.22538616.07043111 Church of San Giovanni Battista on the floor, Via Luigi Capuana, 17, ☎ 390883664401. 
• 41.2219116.07240612 Church of Sant'Antonio, Via Balilla, 110. 
• 41.213116.07323913 Church of the Assunta, Via Europa, 23, ☎ 390883616940. 
• 41.21836116.06331914 Church of the Rosary, Piazza Agostino Petroni, 9. 
• 41.22101516.06032615 Church of Saint Teresa of the Child Jesus, Via Duca D'Aosta, 12, ☎ 390883663515. 

Civil architectures

Historical buildings

• 41.22524216.06239516 City Palace (Comume Palace), piazza Martiri XIII Maggio. 
• Scocchera Palace, via Barletta. 
• Barbarossa Palace, via Santa Lucia. 
• Barbarossa Palace, Garibaldi Street. 
• 41.22238916.06859817 Rossi Palace, Piazza Vincenzo Sinesi, 4. 
• Rossi Palace, Corso San Sabino. 
• Palazzo Caporale, via Imbriani. 
• Visconti Palace, via Kennedy. 
• Building housing the former library, via Imbriani. 
• Palazzo Forina, via De Gasperi. 

Ancient monuments

Several ancient monuments are managed by the Canosina Archaeological Foundation.

• 41.210816.070918 Archaeological Park of San Leucio (Archaeological area with adjoining antiquarium.), Vicinal road S. Lucia, ☎ 39 333 885 6300. free, admission by reservation. Mon-Sun 9: 00-12: 00 and 15: 00-19: 00. In this area in 318 BC a temple dedicated to the goddess Minerva - Athena Ilias was erected. At the end of the 5th century AD it was destroyed and a basilica dedicated to Saints Cosma and Damiano was built, in the Lombard period it was dedicated to San Leucio. In the area, mosaics and an imposing capital sculpted in bas-relief with a deity were found. In addition to the park there is an antiquarium where the finds of the area are exhibited.  
• Inhabited of Toppicelli. VII-VI Century BC 
• Italic temple on the hill of San Leucio. 4th century B.C. 
• 41.21129516.05757619 Dauna Necropolis of Pietra Caduta, Fallen Stone Park, ☎ 39 333 885 6300. Mon-Sun 9: 00-12: 00 and 15: 00-19: 00. 4th century B.C. 
• 41.22050116.06511120 Temple of Jupiter Taurus, Via M. R. Imbriani, ☎ 39 333 885 6300. Peripteral temple from the Roman age (4th century BC), with six columns on the short sides and ten on the long sides, it stands on a podium preceded by a staircase.  
• 41.21861416.06590421 Lomuscio thermal baths, Via Venezia, 20. II century. A.D. 
• Via Traiana. II century. A.D. 
• Casieri Tower. Roman tower of the second century. B.C. 
• 41.22069816.06666822 Ferrara thermal baths and marine-themed mosaic, Piazza Terme. They are located under a condominium in Piazza Terme 37, but due to a dispute between the municipality and the residents of the condominium, they cannot be visited. 
• 41.22164316.06806623 Domus Romana of Montescupolo, Via Guglielmo Marconi, 17. free, admission by reservation. Mon-Sun 9: 00-12: 00 and 15: 00-19: 00. 1st century A.D. 
• 41.21607716.06460524 Archaeological excavations of S. Pietro, Strada Vicinale S. Pietro. With the remains of an early Christian basilica. 

Hypogea

• 41.21973916.06055425 Lagrasta hypogea, Via Generale Luigi Cadorna, ☎ 39 333 885 6300. free, admission by reservation. Mon-Sun 9: 00-12: 00 and 15: 00-19: 00. It is a funerary complex datable between the end of the 4th and the 1st century BC. composed of three distinct hypogean environments with entrance to dromos corridors and internal rooms. Funerary objects were also recovered and there was also a lost Latin inscription.  

• 41.2197716.05718326 Hypogea of ​​Vico San Martino, Vico S. Martino. free, admission by reservation. Mon-Sun 9: 00-12: 00 and 15: 00-19: 00. It is a site dating back to between the 5th and 1st centuries. B.C. discovered under the foundations of a building and consisting of a series of hypogean tombs of the Daunian type (such as the Lagrasta tombs) which have returned important evidence of the time. 
• Tomb of the Ori (Located on the route of the Via Traiana, near the Hypogeum of the Vase of Darius and very close to the Arco Traiano). IV century BC 
• 41.22872416.06979627 Monterisi-Rossignoli hypogea, Via Agli Avelli. Mon-Sun 9: 00-12: 00 and 15: 00-19: 00. 4th century BC 
• 41.21343816.0514928 Hypogeum of the Hoplite, Corso Garibaldi, 253. free, admission by reservation. Mon-Sun 9: 00-12: 00 and 15: 00-19: 00. From the 4th century BC 
• 41.2149216.05787929 Hypogeum Varrese, Via Lavello, ☎ 39 333 885 6300. Mon-Sun 9: 00-12: 00 and 15: 00-19: 00. The hypogeum of the fourth century. B.C. it was discovered by chance in 1912. Later news of the hypogeum was lost, until its rediscovery in 1971: the tomb, entirely excavated in the tufaceous bank, is made up of five rooms. The trousseau that was kept here is now gathered in Palazzo Sinesi and was made up of over four hundred finds. The kit is made up of more than 400 exhibits including: red-figure vases, striped ceramic, gilded ceramic, alabaster objects and a magnificent anatomical bronze armor, in addition to the polychrome and plastic vases typical of Canosian production. 
• 41.21721116.05842530 Hypogeum of Cerberus, at the Liceo Scientifico Enrico Fermi, Viale Iº Maggio, 58. free, admission by reservation. Mon-Sun 9: 00-12: 00 and 15: 00-19: 00. 4th century B.C. 
• 41.21737916.05816531 Hypogeum of Amber, Via Luigi Settembrini, 119, ☎ 39 333 885 6300. free, admission by reservation. Mon-Sun 9: 00-12: 00 and 15: 00-19: 00. 
• Hypogeum Scocchera A. 4th century B.C. 
• 41.2262716.07060532 Hypogeum Scocchera B (said Hypogeum Boccaforno), Via On Dr. Giuseppe Matarrese, 47. free, admission by reservation. Mon-Sun 9: 00-12: 00 and 15: 00-19: 00. 4th century B.C. 
• 41.21926616.06790833 Hypogea Casieri, Vico Pietro Maroncelli. IV century BC 
• Hypogeum of the Vase of Darius (near the Via Traiana and the Honorary Arch). Hypogeum of the IV century. B.C. To date it has been reinterred after having carried out archaeological excavations. 
• Hypogeum Matarrese. 
• Reimers Hypogeum. III century BC 
• Tomb of Largo Costantinopoli. III century B.C. 

Other

• 41.22445616.05948934 Castle, Vico Bartolomeo Colleoni. Not open to visitors. The castle was built on the hill of the Santissimi Quaranta Martiri, 142.5 m above sea level, on a position which dominates the surrounding area as far as the Adriatic, the Gargano and the Vulture. In the same place, it was already the acropolis of the Greco-Roman city. The Castle today is in ruins. It had the shape of an irregular hexagon, with six quadrangular towers protruding at the edges. In the 11th century the Normans made it one of the most important seats of power in their territory: here the brothers Boemondo and Ruggero Borsa met in 1089 to put an end to the rivalry that broke out between them immediately after the death of Roberto il Guiscardo (1085) . Probably Frederick II also stayed here during the construction of Castel del Monte (which took place after 1240). In 1643 Canosa and the castle were sold at auction: thus began the slow decline of the Castle, which declined, so much so that it was used as a quarry for the construction of the nearby baronial palace.  
• 41.22499816.0609235 Clock tower, via Diomede.  

• 41.22325816.06729936 Municipal Villa (Lapidarium), Via Giovanni Bovio. In addition to the possibility of seeing the rear part of the Cathedral and the outside of the Mausoleum of Bohemond by means of large balconies, there is an imposing sound box for orchestra, a monument dedicated to Scipio the African, the commemorative altar of the Fallen of all wars and a lapidarium. The lapidarium of the Villa Comunale is made up of a remarkable heritage of tombstone archaeological finds from the Dauna and Roman eras: epigraphs, funerary reliefs, capitals and columns, architraves and wells of imperial villas.  

Museums

• 41.22134516.066637 National archeologic museum (Sinesi Palace), via Kennedy, 18, ☎ 39 0883 664716, @[email protected]. Fri-Sat 16: 00-20: 00 and Sun 9: 30-13: 30, reservations required, admission max 10 people. It is a private 19th century building used since 1994 as an exhibition space for thematic and temporary exhibitions. It is the seat of the Canosina Archaeological Foundation and the support seat of the Superintendence of Archaeological Heritage of Puglia, but above all of the National Archaeological Museum.  

• 41.22511116.06184838 Archaeological Museum of Palazzo Iliceto (Iliceto Palace), via Trieste and Trento, ☎ 393338856300. free, admission by reservation. Mon-Sun 9: 00-12: 00 and 15: 00-19: 00. Palazzo Iliceto is an imposing eighteenth-century palace intended as a cultural exhibition space. Until 2005 it was the seat of the Canosa Marionette Museum, and subsequently hosted several thematic exhibitions. Since 2007 it has housed the archaeological collections of the Civic Museum, already located in Palazzo Casieri.  
• 41.22224316.06605339 Paleochristian Museum of the Cathedral (Fracchiolla-Minerva Palace), Vittorio Veneto square, 6. The 19th century palace belonged to an important Canosine family. Later it became part of the patrimony of the Basilica of San Sabino, as well as the residence of the Archbishop Emeritus Francesco Minerva until his death. The three-storey structure contains some rare and precious pieces that belonged to the Canosian bishops in medieval times (including manuscripts, an ivory cross containing in an ampoule allegedly the blood of Christ, a 12th century flabellum, gloves worn by the Pope Pasquale II and a collection of coins donated by a local family). 

Outside the built-up area

• 41.22686716.08253140 Necropolis and the so-called little basilica of Santa Sofia (Necropolis Of The Lama Bridge), SS93, 93. The largest necropolis in the extra-urban area of ​​Roman origin (II-IV century AD), but reused in the early Christian period, built along the Via Traiana. A part of this necropolis is sub divo (literally "under the sky"): chamber tombs with brick walls, limestone sarcophagi of discreet workmanship, earthen tombs. The presence of terraces, on the rocky ridge carved by the stream, also allowed the creation of several catacombs with independent galleries divided into numerous cubicles and ambulatories, in turn with niches, arcosoli and sarcophagi. At the entrance to the catacombs stands the so-called basilica of Santa Sofia, with a single hall. It shows two building phases: the oldest - of which only a section remains incorporated in the subsequent one - is in local tuff ashlars, like the walls of the early Christian buildings of Canosa. The second phase presents a listed masonry construction, traditional in Benevento building practice, the center of the Lombard principality. Therefore, even the small basilica should be placed in the period of urban renewal promoted in the eighth century by the Lombard princes. The title to Santa Sofia should therefore be read in a Lombard-Beneventan key, with reference to the more famous Saint of Benevento. 

• 41.22749516.04625541 Arch of Trajan (Roman gate, arch of Terentius, Varrone or Varrense gate), SP231. Honorary arch dated to the time of Trajan (2nd century AD) and built along the Via Traiana near the entrance to the city.  
• 41.2295216.01986242 Roman bridge over the Ofanto. The Roman bridge over the Ofanto from the 1st century AD allowed the passage of the Via Traiana from one side of the river to the other (and was used for road traffic until the seventies), it was rebuilt from scratch in the Middle Ages and restored once again in 1759. The base is made up of four pylons in the shape of a spear point and five unequal arches. 
• 41.22760316.04281743 Barbarossa Mausoleum, Via Cerignola, 24. I-II century. B.C. 
• 41.22795416.03807444 Bagnoli Mausoleum, SP3. II century. B.C. 

Masserie

Events and parties

February

• Birth of San Sabino. February 9. Liturgical rites, procession and fireworks. 
• Blessed Virgin of Lourdes. February 11th. 
• Carnasciale Canosino. Carnival. 

March

• Madonna of Constantinople. 1st Tuesday of the month. Pilgrimage to the sanctuary of the Madonna of Constantinople. 
• Diomede Prize. For almost a decade it has been rewarding the Canosians and the Apulians who have distinguished themselves for their meritorious work in the economic, sports, social, scientific, artistic and cultural fields. The winners in recent years are: Lino Banfi, Ermanno Leo, Donato Di Gaetano, Samuele Valentino, Francesco Chiancone, Archbishop Francesco Minerva, Don Tonino Bello, Vincenzo Petroni, Michele Paulicelli and Sabino Cannone. 
• Living Via Crucis. Suggestive re-enactment of the 14 stations of the Via Crucis, organized by the Parish of Santa Teresa. 

April

• Procession of the Addolorata. Friday before Palm Sunday. The procession that begins the Holy Week rites sees the participation of a very high number of faithful, especially women dressed and veiled in black, often barefoot. Tradition remembers it as the Madonn du 'tupp-tuzz' because Our Lady, in search of her son Jesus, knocked (hence tupp-tuzz’le, that is, knock) on the doors of the churches before reaching the Cathedral. 
• The Sepulchres. Holy Week, Holy Thursday. 
• Procession of the Mysteries. Holy Week, Good Friday. 
• Procession of the Desolate. Holy Week, Holy Saturday. It is certainly the most evocative procession of the holy sattimana. In the morning we leave from the Church of San Francesco and San Biagio in the morning: children dressed as little angels open the procession showing the objects and phrases of the passion of Christ. The statue of the Desolate follows, followed by a large choir made up of about 250 girls with their faces covered and dressed in black, some still barefoot, who they scream (to the harrowing manner of hired women) a typical song, lo Stabat mater . 
• Procession of the Madonna della Fonte. Divine Mercy Sunday (second Sunday after Easter). 

May

• Cultural Heritage Week. 
• City Fair. May 20-21. 

June

• Maria SS. Deep sea. Local festival organized by the parish of Jesus, Mary and Joseph. 

July

• Madonna del Carmine. July 16. Local festival organized by the rectory of the Carmine. 
• Canosa Estate. July 31. Musical performances. 

August

• Patronal Feast of San Sabino (Madonna della Fonte and Sant'Alfonso). 1-2 August. 
• Festival of the Ancient Red Wine. First week of August. 
• Percocca Festival. Second Sunday of August. 
• Feast of the Assumption. August 15. 

October

• Santa Teresa. 1st October. 
• Madonna of the Rosary. October 7. 

December

• Festival of Extra Virgin Olive Oil. 
• SS. Immaculate. December 8. 
• Saint Lucia. 13 December. 
• Exhibition of the handmade Canosapresepi nativity scene. Exhibition of Artisan Nativity Scenes; Italian Association of Friends of the Crib. 
• Living nativity scene. Representation of the nativity scene with 150 figures that extends over an area of ​​6000 m² and with a 300 m long path. The first edition dates back to 2004. 

What to do

• Guided tours, Via J. F. Kennedy, 18 (Sinesi Palace), ☎ 39 333 88 56 300, @[email protected]. Free entry. Guided tour: 1 site 5 €, 2 sites 10 €, 3 sites 15 €. The archaeological sites of the city are managed by a foundation that takes care of their opening and guided tours. Below is a list of the sites managed by the foundation: Hypogeum dell'Oplita, Hypogeum Scocchera B, Hypogea Lagrasta, Hypogeum of Cerberus, Hypogeum D'Ambra, Hypogeum of Vico San Martino, Archaeological Park and Antiquarium of San Leucio, Archaeological Park of San Giovanni, Roman Domus of Colle Montescupolo and Palazzo Iliceto. 

Shopping

In its territory an excellent olive oil is produced; Canosa di Puglia is part of theNational Association City of oil.

How to have fun

• 41.22245616.0652841 Internet Cafe, Via Piave, 13, ☎ 39 0883 617 102. Frequented, youthful environment. 
• 41.22239916.0665712 Coffee House Bar, Vittorio Veneto square. Frequented, youthful environment. 

Shows

• 41.22237616.0655233 Lembo Theater.  

Night clubs

• 41.2172316.0736584 Excalibur Pub, Via Tigli, 21, ☎ 39 0883 612 444. Busy pub, youthful atmosphere, evenings with live music. 
• 41.21437816.0570085 Twins, Via Lavello, 42, ☎ 39 0883 662 100. Disco-restaurant disco, receptions, banquets. 

Where to eat

Moderate prices

• 41.22023616.0676631 Antares focacceria, Via Santa Lucia, 14, ☎ 39 0883 613 850. 
• 41.22494816.0720622 Pizzeria Red Lyon, Via G. Bovio, 118, ☎ 39 0883 664 389. 
• 41.22360816.0694863 Talisman Pizzeria, Via G. Bovio, 19, ☎ 39 0883 663068. 
• 41.15896815.9384894 Pizzeria Loconia Bar Pizzeria, Piazza Roma, 21 (Loconia), ☎ 39 0883 619963. 
• 41.21824716.0761125 Pizzeria O 'Saraceno, Via G. Falcone, 10, ☎ 39 0883 663068. 

Average prices

• 41.22545516.0734226 Locanda Di Nunno, Via Balilla, 2 (Little distance from the city center), ☎ 39 0883 615096. average price € 35.00. 
• 41.22219616.0662747 Count Max, Via Balilla, 45 (15 minutes from the center), ☎ 39 0883 612926. 
• 41.22271516.0655318 Principe Boemondo Restaurant, Corso S. Sabino, 92 (Town center), ☎ 39 0883 614111. 
• 41.21140816.0786899 Villa Torre Carracciolo, Oristano square, ☎ 39 0883 664 642. average price € 25.00. 
• 41.21414216.07253410 The Emerald, Via Corsica, 84 (residential area), ☎ 39 0883 613833. 
• 41.20155516.08257411 The Magician's Garden, Via Corsica, 184 (residential area), ☎ 39 0883 664108. 
• 41.22583916.06069512 Carbondolce, Via Cesare Beccaria (Rione Castello), ☎ 39 0883 662 949. 
• 41.22207816.06572513 Osteria La Capannina, Via Savino di Bari (near the Cathedral), ☎ 39 0883 617350. 
• 41.2247116.06194714 Ancient Borgo, Ascent Arco Diomede, 4 (Rione Castello), ☎ 39 0883 883519. 
• 41.22721216.06374815 Nana, Via Alcide de Gasperi, 108 (near the Baptistery of San Giovanni), ☎ 39 0883 887876. 
• 41.2195216.07696216 Tavern of the Princes, Via J. F. Kennedy, 17 (near the Cathedral), ☎ 39 389 6447878. 

High prices

• 41.17765416.03126717 Leone Estate, Contrada Cefalicchio 4.300 km, ☎ 39 0883 662 767. 
• 41.19222616.0410418 Countryhouse Cefalicchio, Contrada Cefalicchio km 3, ☎ 39 0883 617 601. 
• 41.2227716.06113619 House 28 kitchens and bedrooms, Vico Ticino, 15. Very welcoming place, excellent quality and refined cuisine. 

Where stay

Moderate prices

• 41.22269916.0654941 Hotel Del Centro, Corso S. Sabino, 92, ☎ 39 0883 612 424, 39 0883 611 986. 
• 41.20986816.0793842 Hotel Albergo Canusium, Piazza Orsitano, 31, ☎ 39 0883 617 737. 
• 41.20011316.0741573 Hotel La Corte di Opaka, Contrada Murgetta II Traversa, ☎ 39 0883 615544. 
• 41.19217216.0407594 Countryhouse Hotel Cefalicchio, Contrada Cefalicchio km 3, ☎ 39 0883 662736. 

Average prices

• 41.2215216.0730735 D'Altavilla Hotel, via Balilla, 35, ☎ 39 0883 612 583, 39 0883 666 231. 
• 41.19700116.0906116 Queen Victoria Hotel, SS 98 km 16.7, ☎ 39 0883 617 788. 
• 41.20988116.0793467 Canusium hotels, Piazza Oristano, 32. Place outside the center. Possibility of free parking space. 

Safety

At first glance, the city seems to have a rather negative impact. Many streets are dirty and the inhabitants are curious about tourists. The neighborhoods around the castle are rather degraded and certainly not recommended at night.

• 41.22396916.0668875 Municipal Police Command, Via Fabrizio Rossi, 70, ☎ 39 0883 661014. 
• 41.22438916.066616 Carabinieri, Via A. De Gasperi, 2, ☎ 39 0883 661010, 39 0883 613820. 
• 41.21909116.0554247 Police, Corso G. Garibaldi 247, ☎ 39 0883 669 311. 

Fire fighters

• Fire fighters, Via Trani km 749.430 - 70051 Barletta, ☎ 39 0883 531222. There is no station in Canosa Fire fighters, but uses the barracks of Barletta. In addition, the Canosa Traffic Police Corps was trained and equipped to deal with the first flames 

Health care

• Emergency room, Via Bovio, 81, ☎ 39 0883 641304, 39 0883 662156. 
• War Memorial Hospital, Via Bovio, 81, ☎ 39 0883 641 111. 
• Emergency medical Service, Via Bovio, 81, ☎ 39 0883 641 301. 
• Veterinary Office, ☎ 39 0883 641 367. 

Finance Police

• Finance Police, via Bari, 8 - 70031 Andria, ☎ 39 0883 591454. There is no Guardia di Finanza station in Canosa 

How to keep in touch

Post office

• Central Post Office, via F. Rossi, 72. Mon-Fri 8-13.30; Sat. 8-12.30. ATM Postamat outside 
• Canosa Di Puglia Post Office 1, Via Duca d'Aosta, ☎ 39 0883 661 513. Mon-Fri 8-13.30; Sat. 8-12.30. ATM Postamat outside 
• Canosa Di Puglia Post Office 2, Via Corsica, 23, ☎ 39 0883 614 104. Mon-Fri 8-13.30; Sat. 8-12.30. 

Telephony

• The Pipe - Fasanelli Donato, Via Kennedy, 19, ☎ 39 0883 662 603. 
• Digicenter, Piazza Terme, 5, ☎ 39 0883 642413. 
• Media Dreams, Via Rovetta, 2, ☎ 39 0883 880859. 

Internet

• Internet Café, Via Piave, 13, ☎ 39 0883 617 102. 
• Melziade Sabino - Telematic Services Center, Via Giuliani, 10, ☎ 39 0883 664 299. 
• Municipality of Canosa - InformaGiovani Office, Piazza Martiri 23 May, 7, ☎ 39 0883 615 707. 1 pc station with free internet 

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Useful information

At the 2014 edition of the Mediterranean Exchange of Archaeological Tourism in Paestum was presented the Guide to the ways of religious tourism in the lands of GAL Murgia Più che racconta come e quando è possibile visitare le chiese, i luoghi più suggestivi legati alla transumanza, le testimonianze del culto micaelico, le eredità di papa Orsini e papa Pignatelli. Un percorso che si snoda tra cattedrali e musei, ipogei e parchi archeologici. La guida, suddivisa in due sezioni (una storica, l’altra contenente schede di dettaglio sui singoli documenti), è stata rilasciata dagli autori in CC by SA ed è disponibile su questa pagina è scaricabile in pdf.

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