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Foggia · Puglia (Apulia)
Things to see in Mattinata
In Mattinata the atlas lists 8 historic places: 3 archaeological sites, 2 fortresses and towers, 2 museums and 1 abbey or monastery.
For most of these places we don’t have verified opening hours yet: always check the official website before you go.
Don’t miss: Abbazia della Santissima Trinità di Monte Sacro, Benedictine abbey in Mattinata, Italy.
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The town
Mattinata is a city in the province of Foggia in the region of Apulia (Puglia). Mattinata is on the Gargano Peninsula, in the hinterland of the Adriatic coast in a hollow between the elevations of Monte Sacro, Monte Sant'Angelo and Monte Saraceno. The plain is lined with olive groves, and extends to the flat beach, two huge rocks, two "Faraglioni" rise from the sea as symbols of the town.
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8 places
Archaeological sites 3
Fortresses and towers 2
Abbeys and monasteries 1
Getting there
By plane: The closest airport is the Aeroporto Internazionale di Bari "Karol Wojtyla" in the north of Bari.
By train: You travel by train via Foggia, the Ferrovie dello Stato railway line, which runs along the Adriatic, serves Foggia with express trains from Frecce.
By bus: From Foggia there is a direct bus connection from Ferrovie del Gargano via Manfredonia to Mattinata.
By car: Access is by road via the Bologna–Bari motorway. Coming from the north, take the Foggia exit and reach the town on the "Garganica", which has been converted into a dual carriageway, via Manfredonia. From the south you can take the Cerignola and from there the coastal road to the Garganica expressway. After several tunnels to Mattinata Vieste, it becomes very picturesque, but curvy and slow to navigate.
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What to see, according to Wikivoyage
Necropolis of Monte Saraceno. It has more than 500 Daunian graves. Access via a spur road from the SS89Dir1.
Chiesa Santa Maria della Luce parish church (in the old city centr).
Museo Civico Mattinata. The local museum displays the finds from the necropolis with the graves of the Daunians.
Roman town of Matinum. The excavation site of the Roman with masonry of the type des Opus reticulatum. Ruins of the Santissima Trinità Benedictine Abbey (Abbazia) (at the top of Monte Sacro). In the Middle Ages there was a Benedictine abbey on the 874-m-high Monte Sacro, built in the 11th century. In the 13th century, it was abandoned to decay after earthquake damage. Access is via a spur road that branches off the SS89 east of the village. The footpath to the ruins of the abbey goes off the road to Contrada Stinco shortly before the agriturismo.
Fraraglioni rocks in the Zagare Bay
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