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Putignano in its elegant procession of places

Spread over three hills, Putignano is an elegant procession of palaces, which is gathered around Piazza Plebiscito, the heart of the town.
Here overlook the Palazzo del Balì, the ancient residence of the Knights of Malta, used as a civic museum, the Seat, in front of the building, once the seat of the University, and the Matrix Church dedicated to St. Peter the Apostle.
The itinerary between the places of worship in the town must include the fourteenth-century Church of Santa Maria la Greca, an example of Baroque art in Puglia, and the Church of San Domenico, immediately outside the historic center, with the Romanesque convent and bell tower.


What to see

In Putignano there is much to see. Spending a day in its alleys will give you more emotions and awareness of Italian beauties.

The churces

Chiesa di San Pietro Apostolo
Chiesa di San Filippo
Chiesa di Santa Maria La Greca e di San Stefano
Chiesa di Santa Maria di Costantinopoli
Chiesa di San Lorenzo e Madonna del Pozzo
Cappella del Purgatorio
Chiesa di San Domenico
Chiesa dei SS. Cosma e Damiano e di S.Irene
Monastero e Chiesa di Santa Chiara
Chiesa dei Cappuccini


The Monuments

Museo Civico Principe Guglielmo Romanazzi Carducci di Santo Mauro
Il Teatro comunale
La biblioteca e l’archivio comunale
 

Tourist actractions

La Grotta del Trullo
Grotta di San Michele in Monte Laureto
 

The Carnival of Putignano

Putignano is certainly famous for the Carnival. After that of Venice, in fact, the Carnival of Putignano is one of the oldest in Europe, and has its roots in the Middle Ages. Over the years its success has been so remarkable that it was also established in 2006, a summer version. As Harlequin reminds us of Venice and Pulcinella reminds us of Naples, Putignano is also represented by his typical mask, the Farinella. The name Farinella derives from a typical dish of the area, based on barley and chickpeas. Farinella is a jester with a rather similar appearance to that of Harlequin; her dress is multicolored and she wears a two-pointed hat with rattles. It is believed that in ancient times Farinella's dress was red and blue, the colors of the city, and that the hat was three-pointed, which symbolized the three hills of Putignano.
The carnival of Putignano is very long: it begins with the ceremony of the exchange of the candle on December 26th. The ceremony requires people to bring a candle to church to ask for forgiveness of the sins they will commit during the carnival. It is a succession of celebrations and games that are held every Thursday and which conclude, together with the whole party, on a Shrove Tuesday: on that day a traditional parade takes place during which the funeral of the carnival is celebrated, which is represented with a papier-mache pig.
 

The culinary tradition

Putignanese cuisine is fully part of the wider tradition of the Apulian royal gastronomy with variations of the origin of the local history and culture. The farinella, work food in the fields that the farmers loved to accompany with dried figs, are accompanied by the famous orecchiette with turnip tops, mashed fava beans and chicory, the pork chops or donkey roasted or in gravy and fried bread balls between the main courses. The typical Putignanese dessert is the almond-shaped cake. Also worth mentioning are the local taralli made with flour, oil and white wine and the panzerotti.
In the territory of Putignano the typical vines of the area are cultivated, Primitivo and Malvasia.