Minervino Murge

Minervino Murge is a town of 8,400 people (2021) in the province of Barletta-Andria-Trani (BA) in the Italian region of Apulia (Puglia), on the western flank of the Murgia Barese mountain chain. It lies largely within the borders of the Alta Murgia National Park.

Understand
The town's economy is based mainly on agriculture and herding. The karstic geology of the area has conditioned its main crops: grapes, olives, wheat, and almonds.

Get in



 * Provincial road 3 Minervino-Spinazzola (SP 3) is a two-lane artery in each direction.

See

 * Borgo Antico "Scesciola" — the old town. The word "Scesciola" comes from ancient Arabic and means "labyrinth". It is so named for the intersection of narrow streets and flights of stairs that give it the characteristics of the labyrinth.
 * Baroque church of the Immacolata Concezione
 * 15th century tower
 * Votive lighthouse of the municipal villa. Built in the Fascist era and inaugurated in 1932, it was designed to commemorate the fallen Fascists. After the Second World War and the capitulation of the fascist regime, many opponents of the regime wanted to tear it down, but then they opted for another solution, the elimination and abrasion of fascist writings and symbols, thus becoming the no longer commemorative monumen. of the "Fascist martyrs of Puglia", but of the "martyrs of Puglia" (as can be seen in the inscription on the pediment). The structure is 32 m high, measures 14 m at the base.
 * 15th century tower
 * Votive lighthouse of the municipal villa. Built in the Fascist era and inaugurated in 1932, it was designed to commemorate the fallen Fascists. After the Second World War and the capitulation of the fascist regime, many opponents of the regime wanted to tear it down, but then they opted for another solution, the elimination and abrasion of fascist writings and symbols, thus becoming the no longer commemorative monumen. of the "Fascist martyrs of Puglia", but of the "martyrs of Puglia" (as can be seen in the inscription on the pediment). The structure is 32 m high, measures 14 m at the base.