The best walks and hikes around Carapelle

The Incoronata Regional Park is a protected natural area of 1000 hectares in the Tavoliere delle Puglie, a few kilometers from Foggia. It preserves a forest of centuries-old downy oaks, lapped by the Cervaro torrent and is crossed by numerous paths that immerse themselves in the greenery of nature, however not very suitable for being covered by road bikes. Inside the protected area there is also the sanctuary of the Madonna Incoronata, a pilgrimage destination for devotees of the Black Madonna.

The Sanctuary of the Incoronata is a Catholic place of worship dedicated to the Black Madonna, who appeared in the year 1001 to a count and a shepherd in the Cervaro wood. Every year, on the last Saturday of April, the feast of the apparition is celebrated with a ride of angels and the offering of oil for the votive lamp. The sanctuary has a bronze crown hanging from the dome, an organ of 2000 pipes and the title of minor basilica.

Catholic shrine in which a black Madonna is venerated. According to tradition, the Madonna appeared in these places to a nobleman and a shepherd in the year 1001.

The sanctuary, which covers approximately 1,000 hectares, preserves a small strip of natural vegetation in an intensively managed area. At the moment, the wooded area lapped by the Cervaro stream covers about 320 hectares, of which 162 are high forest and 115 are grassland. It is therefore a diversified area, representing the environments that covered most of Tavoliere in the past.

It is always nice to pass by this place

place of popular devotion

A place to relax and enjoy nature