{"id":1770,"date":"2019-05-20T15:23:32","date_gmt":"2019-05-20T14:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/?p=1770"},"modified":"2019-05-20T19:01:42","modified_gmt":"2019-05-20T18:01:42","slug":"puglia-cycling-monopoli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/index.php\/2019\/05\/20\/puglia-cycling-monopoli\/","title":{"rendered":"Puglia Cycling &#8211; Monopoli"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/20\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190520T175438GMT0200-768x799.jpg\" alt=\"5\/20\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"799\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We are starting a week\u2019s cycling holiday in Puglia, the heel of Italy.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/20\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190520T173729GMT0200-768x541.jpg\" alt=\"5\/20\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"541\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Today we arrived in Monopoli a sleepy fishing town on the Adriatic coast. The weather is pleasant and overcast but not enough spots from the rain to stop us dining al fresco on octopus and squid.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/20\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190520T173844GMT0200-768x667.jpg\" alt=\"5\/20\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"667\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The old walled town has a fishing harbour and a maze of streets designed only for feet, bicycles and the trusty Fiat cinquecento.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/20\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190520T174713GMT0200-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"5\/20\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/20\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190520T143337GMT0200-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"5\/20\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" title=\"5\/20\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190520T140829GMT0200-1152x1536.jpg\" alt=\"5\/20\/19\" width=\"1152\" height=\"1536\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Around virtually every corner is a glorious baroque church, some with domes, some with towers. The cathedral itself was apparently built from the beams of the miraculous raft that came across the sea carrying the Madonna in 1117. Inside we saw the restored paintings showing the arrival of the icon on the raft, the procession of the beams, and building the roof with them:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/20\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190520T165020GMT0200-768x576.jpg\" alt=\"5\/20\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/20\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190520T165054GMT0200-768x576.jpg\" alt=\"5\/20\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/20\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190520T165148GMT0200-768x576.jpg\" alt=\"5\/20\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Obviously getting a shipment of wood was a big deal here. They even have a piece of one of them on show:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/20\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190520T164916GMT0200-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"5\/20\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The crumbling Norman church with its miraculous roof beams was completely rebuilt in 1772 thanks to Bishop Sacchi. We like the big ammonites on either side on the front.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/20\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190520T142141GMT0200-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"5\/20\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Inside it is a magnificent monument to marble!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/20\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190520T165346GMT0200-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"5\/20\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/20\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190520T170015GMT0200-768x1042.jpg\" alt=\"5\/20\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"1042\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/20\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190520T170119GMT0200-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"5\/20\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/20\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190520T171029GMT0200-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"5\/20\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There was a typical Italian thunderstorm and downpour followed by a rainbow over the Adriatic,<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/20\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190520T172141GMT0200-768x499.jpg\" alt=\"5\/20\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"499\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We found another church which was altogether more macabre with mummies of priests from the \u00a01700s!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/20\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190520T171908GMT0200-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"5\/20\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/20\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190520T171344GMT0200-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"5\/20\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/20\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190520T171603GMT0200-768x576.jpg\" alt=\"5\/20\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We wandered around the now sluiced stone streets admiring the pretty views and Charles V\u2019s castle on the front.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/20\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190520T173352GMT0200-768x576.jpg\" alt=\"5\/20\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/20\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190520T173615GMT0200-768x941.jpg\" alt=\"5\/20\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"941\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Our cycling adventure starts tomorrow and it\u2019s cherry season !<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are starting a week\u2019s cycling holiday in Puglia, the heel of 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