Mattinata Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
Italian comune
About Mattinata
The region was first settled by the Illyrian tribe of the Daunians, who came from the Balkans and the Balkans. the eastern Adriatic coast. A necropolis on Monte Saraceno bears witness to this culture, which perished under Roman rule. The settlement of Apeneste in the bay, in the records of the Roman historian Pliny the Elder. The place was probably destroyed by a tidal wave or Saracen invasions and was later rebuilt inland. With the construction of the coastal road and, above all, the expressway connection with Manfredonia and Foggia through tunnels, the town was able to boom as a centre of olive oil production and increasingly also as a tourist destination.
Top Attractions in Mattinata
Explore the best things to see and do in Mattinata:
- ★Chiesa Santa Maria della Luce parish church
- ★Museo Civico Mattinata
- ★Necropolis of Monte Saraceno
- ★Roman town of Matinum, Villa of Agnuli
- ★Ruins of the Santissima Trinità Benedictine Abbey
Mattinata Travel Guide Sections
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