Santa Maria di Agnano Archaeological Park

Santa Maria di Agnano Archaeological Park

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Santa Maria di Agnano Archaeological Park

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Location: Ostuni, Brindisi, Apulia, Italy

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May 26, 2023

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The Archaeological Park of Santa Maria di Agnano is an area of 13 hectares near Ostuni, where there is a cave used for female rituals and cults for 30,000 years. Two Paleolithic burials have been discovered here, including the famous woman of Ostuni, a pregnant woman from 27,000 years ago. In the Park there are also evidences of the Neolithic, the Bronze Age, the Messapians and the Christians.

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October 6, 2025

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The "Donna di Ostuni" is the 28,000-year-old skeleton of a Paleolithic woman, approximately 20 years old, found in the Santa Maria di Agnano cave near Ostuni. The "world's oldest human mother" died in late pregnancy, her fetus in the 8th or 9th month. The skeleton is on display at the Museum of Preclassic Civilizations of the Southern Murgia (Museo di Civiltà Preclassiche della Murgia Meridionale) in Ostuni.

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I Santuari di Sant'Oronzo e San Biagio – loop from Parco di Santa Maria di Agnano

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Embark on a moderate hike near Ostuni, a 5.2-mile (8.4 km) loop that takes about 2 hours and 21 minutes to complete, with an elevation gain of 564 feet (172…

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