Bovino

After the Byzantine emperor Basil I rebuilt its walls in 876, Bovino's streets were laid out in the narrow pattern they keep today, many still stepped and cobbled. The hill town stands on a terrace in the wooded Daunian Mountains above the Tavoliere plain, with viewpoints beside remains of the Roman wall. Its Norman castle, made into a palace by the Guevara dukes, houses the diocesan museum.

Highlights

• The ducal castle, now home to the diocesan museum
• The cathedral, with a San Sebastiano attributed to Mattia Preti
• The Cantine Cerrato, two underground rooms of a Roman cistern
• The feast of 29 August, with a fair, procession and historic cavalcade
• The Santuario di Valleverde, a pilgrimage church below the town

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