Sutera

A great gypsum monolith, Monte San Paolino, rises over Sutera, and the sanctuary on its summit, built on the ruins of a castle of 1370, keeps the relics of the town's patron saints. Below it the Rabato quarter keeps the layout of an Arab village: gypsum houses piled together, narrow alleys and steep cobbled steps. The town is a stop on the Magna Via Francigena pilgrim route.

Highlights

• The San Paolino sanctuary, reached by a stairway or a glass panoramic lift
• The cathedral in the Rabato, built in 1370 over a 9th-century mosque
• The marble Madonna del Soccorso of 1503 in the Carmine church
• Ruins of the house of Francesco Salamone, a knight of the Challenge of Barletta
• Monte San Marco, a gypsum hill with a Byzantine niche of faded frescoes

Summary based on Wikipedia and Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA), written with AI assistance.