View from across the Chasm - Gravina in Puglia, Italy
N 40° 49.194 E 016° 24.737
33T E 619099 N 4519724
Gravina in Puglia's city site describes it as the "city of the rock-cut churches" and the "City where Pope Benedetto XIII was born".
Waymark Code: WMRA5P
Location: Puglia, Italy
Date Posted: 05/30/2016
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Like the more well-known Matera a half hour away, a section of the city is composed of shelters and churches hewn out of the underlying rock lining the west side of the ravine that passes to the west of the city.
The Ponte Acquedotto Viadotto della Madonna della Stella was begun in 1743 and completed in 1778 as a way to link the Santuario Madonna delle Grazie, a church with a beautiful facade done in 1602 to the Modonna della Stella a cave church consisting of a single room. The bridge was later turned into an aqueduct.
City Name: Gravina in Puglia
View Type: Over Land
Location Type: Natural High-Point
City Lights: yes
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