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Italian Regions Region Puglia Province Bari Comune Castellana Grotte

What to see The Franciscan Convent, with the attached church of Madonna della Vetrana, who according to the tradition saved the town from the plague in 1691. In the convent there is also a very ancient artistic crib. The celebrated Castellana Grottos, discovered speleologist Franco Anelli in 1938, a route winding between calcareus concretion of rare beauty. From the entrance grotto, the "Grave" there are underground passages and corridors - the Black Grotto, the Angel's Corridor, the Little Cavern of the Manger, the Cavern of the Precipice, and finally what is, according to many, the most beautiful grotto in the world for the purity of its crystalline concretions and alabaster, the splendid White Grotto, at 70 m. below ground-level, from which a lift service leads back to the surface. Where to stay Lodgings divided by category and place in Grotte: 4-star Hotels 3-star Hotels Agritourisms Bed & Breakfast Info: Altitude: 290 m a.s.l -- Population: ca. 18,000 inhabitants -- Zip/postal code: 70013 -- Phone Area Code: 080 -- Patron Saint: Maria Santissima della Vetrana celebrated on 12th January, San Leone Magno celebrated on the last Sunday in April.

Park Hotel La Grave 3 stars near the entrance to the grottos Relais & Le Jardin villa in the countryside other hotels in Castellana Grotte

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