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Museo Archeologico di Oria e dei Messapi
Puglia
The Archaeological Museum of Oria and the Messapians recounts, through its rich collection of artefacts, the details of the Messapian civilisation, which left indelible marks in the cultural history of Salento.
Culture and Art
History and tradition
Laghi Alimini
Puglia
The Alimini Lakes are one of the most valuable natural and historical areas in Salento, with an ecosystem that houses a remarkable biodiversity.
Coastal natural heritage
Lakes and rivers
Mogren
Montenegro
85310 Budva
The foot of Mount Spas, by the sea, has long been called Mogren. It is assumed that the name was given after the Spanish captain Mogrini, who suffered...
Protected natural areas
Coastal natural heritage
Santa Maria delle Grazie - Museo del Grano di Jelsi
Molise
The "MuFeG" Community Museum of the Feast of Wheat is located at the "Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie" and documents the deep bond that the Jelsese community has with the Feast of Wheat, which has been celebrated for over 200 years every 26th July in honour of Saint Anne.
Culture and Art
Villages and old cities
Museo Provinciale Sannitico MIBAC Campobasso
Molise
The Museum was founded in 1881 and was housed, together with the Provincial Library, in the Palazzo della Prefettura. The material was first catalogued by the archaeologist Antonio Sogliano, who published the inventory in 1889. Since then, the Museum and the Library have experienced alternating fortunes and many changes of location until 1995, when the Museum was set up in the premises of the eighteenth-century Palazzo Mazzarotta, in the historic centre of Campobasso.
Culture and Art
Villages and old cities
MAACK Museo Kalenarte a Casacalenda
Molise
MAACK, which stands for Museo all'Aperto d'Arte Contemporanea Kalenarte (Open-air Museum of Contemporary Art), was founded in 1992 by architect Massimo Palumbo with the aim of supporting the promotion and dissemination of contemporary art in the territory. The twenty-one permanent installations created to date are set up in streets, views, woods and squares. A few years ago, the Museum was joined by the Franco Libertucci Civic Gallery of Contemporary Art, whose collection currently consists of around 114 works, mostly paintings on canvas, sculptures and installations.
Culture and Art
Villages and old cities
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City Museum of Budva
Montenegro
85310 Budva
The museum activity in Budva dates back to 1962, when the archeological collection began to be constituted, based on the material discovered during the excavations of ancient necropolises (Hellenistic and Roman) near the Old Town, conducted in 1957-1958. The Museum of the City of Budva was opened in 2003., in the heart of the old city center and in 2005., was awarded the "Green Apple" award for the preservation and development of authentic architectural and other cultural and historical values in London.
Culture and Art
Intangible heritage and craft
History and tradition
Piazza Maria Immacolata e Piazza Plebiscito
Puglia
Piazza Plebiscito and Piazza Maria Immacolata represent the Baroque heart of Martina Franca's historic centre, thanks to the refined elegance of their architectural details.
Architecture
Parco Archeologico di Santa Maria d'Agnano
Puglia
The Archaeological and Nature Park of Santa Maria di Agnano, a few kilometres from Ostuni, is where the skeleton of the “oldest mother in the world” was discovered.
Culture and Art
Geological sites
Lama Torre Bianca
Puglia
The Torre Bianca ravine is one of the most interesting erosion furrows in the Coastal Dunes Natural Park. Owing to its depth, it is considered the canyon of the protected area.
Protected natural areas
Geological sites
Pulo di Altamura
Puglia
The Pulo of Altamura is the largest karstic sinkhole in Puglia, originating from the collapse of underground cavities, which created an truly unique landscape.
Geological sites
Protected natural areas
Centro Visite Grotta di Lamalunga
Puglia
The Lamalunga Cave Visitors’ Centre is an important testimony to the geological and palaeontological evolution of the Alta Murgia area.
Culture and Art
Geological sites
Grotta del Trullo
Puglia
The Trullo Cave in Putignano is one of the most impressive karst caves in Puglia. Since 1931 it has offered visitors an incredible spectacle, just two metres below street level.
Geological sites
Bosco delle Pianelle
The Pianelle woods, in the Martina Franca area, is a nature reserve rich in biodiversity, which allows for silent isolation amidst woods of holm oaks, Macedonian oaks and downy oaks.
Le Botteghe della Cartapesta
Puglia
The Botteghe di Cartapesta (Papier-mâché workshops) are the artistic treasure chest of the ancient Putignano Carnival, the oldest carnival in Europe, which has been regularly celebrated for over six hundred years.
Intangible heritage and craft
History and tradition
Culture and Art
Palazzo Ducale
Puglia
The Ducal Palace in Martina Franca encapsulates all the elegance of neoclassical architecture and the magnificence of Baroque art in one of the most beautiful towns in the Itria Valley.
Architecture
Culture and Art
Fiume Morelli
Puglia
The Morelli River flows for 800 metres in the backdune of the Coastal Dunes Natural Park. It is a treasure trove of biodiversity rich in priority habitats.
Protected natural areas
Coastal natural heritage
Intangible heritage and craft
Masseria Russoli
Puglia
Masseria Russoli is one of the one hundred masserias (traditional farmhouses) in Crispiano, now home to the Martina Franca Donkey Genetic Heritage Conservation Centre, which safeguards the preservation of the species.
Architecture
Intangible heritage and craft
History and tradition
Cava Pontrelli
Puglia
The Pontrelli Quarry in Altamura is a geo-site in the Alta Murgia National Park of international importance, as it features the footprints of dinosaurs that populated the area 85 million years ago.
Geological sites
Cattedrale di San Sabino
Puglia
The St. Sabinus Cathedral in Bari is an extraordinary example of Apulian Romanesque art and features millennia-old treasures, most importantly its Succorpo.
Religious sites
Architecture
Culture and Art