The Crypt of San Biagio, the Byzantine frescoes hidden in the Apulian rock
At San Vito dei Normanni, in Apulia, the crypt of San Biagio carved into the tufa preserves some of the finest Byzantine frescoes of 1196.
Jun 23, 2026Borghi, arte e storia minore
Si occupa di borghi, centri storici, chiese e siti archeologici: paesi sotto i mille abitanti e architetture fuori dalle guide turistiche ufficiali.
At San Vito dei Normanni, in Apulia, the crypt of San Biagio carved into the tufa preserves some of the finest Byzantine frescoes of 1196.
Jun 23, 2026
At Gravina in Puglia, the Fondovico quarter and the rock-cut crypts carved into the tufa along the ravine form a silent underground world.
Jun 23, 2026
Near the sea of Metaponto, fifteen Doric columns have stood for 25 centuries among the fields: the Magna Graecia temple that few come looking for.
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On Calabria's Ionian tip, at Capo Colonna near Crotone, a single Doric column remains: the last witness of the great sanctuary of Hera.
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A few km from Selinunte, the Cave di Cusa preserve Greek column drums left half-cut in the 5th century BC, as if the stonemasons had walked out yesterday.
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On the Epipoli plateau above Siracusa stands one of the most imposing Greek fortresses: walls, moats and tunnels that are almost always deserted.
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Poggioreale Antica, in the Belice Valley of Sicily: the town emptied by the 1968 earthquake, walkable again since 2026 through its old streets.
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At Paulilatino, in Sardinia, a basalt stairway descends into the sacred well of Santa Cristina: a three-thousand-year-old Nuragic spring, flawless.
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A stone's throw from the Imperial Forums, the Renaissance loggia of the Knights of Rhodes looks out over the Forum of Augustus: an almost secret medieval balcony.
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