Lucera
distance: Km 110
time: 2h
means of transport: car
The town was the administrative centre for Apulia and Molise, and one of the most thriving ancient Roman colonies in southern Italy. Emperor Frederick II contributed to its splendour and had his Palatium built in the Swegian-Angevin fortress.
Among other monuments worthy of mention are the Gothic-Romanic cathedral built by the Angevins in 1300, Saint Francis’s church and the Augustan amphitheatre.