Monte Sant'Angelo

Monte Sant'Angelo

Italy
      town, Puglia (Apulia) region, east central Italy, on the southern slope of the Promontorio del Gargano, the “spur” of Italy, northeast of Foggia. The town grew up around the famous Santuario di S. Michele (Sanctuary of St. Michael), founded c. 490 over a cave in which the archangel Michael is said to have appeared to St. Laurentius Maioranus, archbishop of Sipontum. The bronze doors were made in Constantinople in 1076, and the octagonal campanile dates from 1273. Also of interest are the ruined Norman–Aragonese castle and the 12th-century Tomba di Rotari, probably a baptistery. A pilgrimage centre, especially in the Middle Ages, the town depends for its economy upon services to tourists and pilgrims, agriculture (cereals, olive oil, wine), cattle breeding, and wool industries. Pop. (2006 est.) mun., 13,600.

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