Duomo di San Corrado – Antignano Olive Tree loop from Molfetta

Duomo di San Corrado – Antignano Olive Tree loop from Molfetta

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Duomo di San Corrado – Antignano Olive Tree loop from Molfetta

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55.7km

440m

Gravel riding

Moderate gravel ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 26, 2026

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2.27 km

Duomo di San Corrado

Highlight • Religious Site

The duomo dates back to the year 1150

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5.06 km

Pulo di Molfetta

Highlight • Natural Monument

But are there routes for mtb in the pulo?

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15.5 km

The olive tree of Antignano is a large centuries-old olive tree that rises majestically in the countryside around Molfetta. A completely forgotten story is linked to it and I propose it again as it was told to me.

The olive tree, whose presence has been attested since 1600, is 7 meters high, and has a diameter of about 600 cm. Recent pruning works have downsized it, but it's really impossible not to notice it.

There is a legend that revolves around our tree which narrates that its name derives from a district of Naples, in fact Antignano, in which centuries ago a pilgrimage took place in honor of the Risen Christ. Right here a priest took a small blessed olive tree, brought it to Molfetta and planted it on his property, where it still stands today.

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23.8 km

Ruvo di Puglia

Highlight • Settlement

Ruvo di Puglia is a municipality at the foot of the Murge plateau, part of the Alta Murgia National Park. It is a city of art and culture, famous for the Jatta national archaeological museum, which preserves artifacts from the Hellenistic age. In the historic centre, the Apulian Romanesque co-cathedral, dedicated to Santa Maria Assunta, is worth a visit.

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23.9 km

Ruvo di Puglia Cathedral

Highlight • Religious Site

39.9 km

Porta del Pace (Pisciniello Arch) on the Via Appia Traiana

Highlight • Historical Site

The Via Appia connected Rome to Brundisium (Brindisi), the most important port for Greece and the East in the world of ancient Rome. The Appia is probably the most famous Roman road of which remains have remained, as well as the first road built according to modern criteria, so as to allow it to be used even in winter. Its importance is confirmed by the nickname that the Romans had given it: Regina Viarum.
Begun in 312 BC, at the behest of the censor Appio Claudio Cieco. The construction works lasted until 190 BC, the date on which the route to the port of Brindisi was completed.
The road was restored and enlarged during the rule of the emperors Augustus, Vespasian, Trajan, Hadrian.
In the Middle Ages, the Appia became, together with the Via Traiana, the route of the crusaders, and Frederick II also set sail from the port of Brindisi in the direction of the Holy Land.

Terlizzi was lucky enough to be one of the towns in Puglia to be crossed in its territory by what is perhaps the most famous of the ancient Roman roads: the Via Appia.
To indicate to the ancient travelers the direction to follow to reach the territory of "inter licius" (Terlizzi), there were two portals that can still be admired today.
The one in the picture is the first of the portals, the so-called "Pisciniello" arch, on the so-called road of the "gates" which leads to the Via Appia Traiana. Continuing on the "via dei portoni" you reach the second arch which is right next to the Roman road.
Traveling along the Appia-Traiana is a continuous discovery ... an immersion in history !!

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