Polignano a Mare (Pghgnen in polignanese) is a town of 16,294 inhabitants in the province of Bari, whose oldest part lies on a rocky promontory at 24 meters above sea level. The district, bounded on the east by the Adriatic Sea, bordered to the north Mola di Bari, Conversano with west, south-west Castellana Grotte southeast with monopolies.
The homes are white Polignano, Puglia-style, and some are built overlooking the sea. Polignano water is crystal clear and blue.
The country has a very ancient history, in fact, have been found traces of human presence in the hamlet of Santa Barbara dating from the Neolithic.
Of great interest are his natural sea caves and historically important are the historical center and the remains of Roman domination. Among the latter via the bridge of Trajan,
Traianatuttora the way forward, through Lama Monachil, the deep inlet immediately west of the city center, the mouth of the most famous and important of the blades across the territory polignanese and so called because in the past there was the presence of the monk seal.
Matrice church, dedicated to Santa Maria Assunta and small square overlooking the heart of the historic center, was the cathedral until 1818, when the small diocese of Polignano was combined with that of Monopoli. Are kept within certain works attributed to the sculptor Stefano da Putignano, active between the seventeenth and eighteenth century, known as the crib entirely in stone.
