{"id":1839,"date":"2019-05-21T18:03:46","date_gmt":"2019-05-21T17:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/?p=1839"},"modified":"2019-05-21T21:46:22","modified_gmt":"2019-05-21T20:46:22","slug":"conversano-a-medieval-gem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/index.php\/2019\/05\/21\/conversano-a-medieval-gem\/","title":{"rendered":"Conversano &#8211; a medieval gem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/21\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190521T182358GMT0200-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"5\/21\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Conversano is apparently made up of 3 separate towns but I think we mostly wandered around the oldest bit dating from the 11th to 15th centuries.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/21\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190521T175248GMT0200-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"5\/21\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s been here since the 5th century BC.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"Conversano \/ Apulia \/ Italy - 5\/21\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190521T174940GMT0200-768x994.jpg\" alt=\"Conversano \/ Apulia \/ Italy - 5\/21\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"994\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/21\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190521T174813GMT0200-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"5\/21\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Romanesque church dating from the Norman period was a complete contrast to the highly decorated marble of baroque Monopoli.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/21\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190521T174903GMT0200-768x597.jpg\" alt=\"5\/21\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"597\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The tranquil cream stone with detailed carvings on all the outside doors and the individually different capitol heads inside were beautiful and charming.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/21\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190521T174437GMT0200-768x576.jpg\" alt=\"5\/21\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/21\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190521T174912GMT0200-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"5\/21\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Basilica was started in the 11th century but has suffered fire and damage and has undergone excellent and sympathetic restoration. We loved the lions on the main door.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"Conversano \/ Apulia \/ Italy - 5\/21\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190521T174324GMT0200-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Conversano \/ Apulia \/ Italy - 5\/21\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>David found more at the monastery turned museum.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/21\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190521T175641GMT0200-768x759.jpg\" alt=\"5\/21\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"759\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We didn\u2019t go into the museum but enjoyed the humour of the internet artwork.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/21\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190521T180036GMT0200-768x1084.jpg\" alt=\"5\/21\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"1084\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/21\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190521T180145GMT0200-768x553.jpg\" alt=\"5\/21\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"553\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And found the old cloister with more unique capitols from the 13th century.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/21\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190521T180349GMT0200-768x1066.jpg\" alt=\"5\/21\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"1066\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/21\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190521T180357GMT0200-768x922.jpg\" alt=\"5\/21\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"922\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Wandering around we stumbled across the 13th century toll gate into the medieval walled city<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/21\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190521T181545GMT0200-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"5\/21\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And the castle<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/21\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190521T182900GMT0200-768x648.jpg\" alt=\"5\/21\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"648\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Every corner gave another lovely view down the stone-clad alleys<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/21\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190521T175450GMT0200-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"5\/21\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/21\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190521T182503GMT0200-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"5\/21\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We found a nice bar for a beer &#8211; the table was very appropriate.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/21\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190521T183307GMT0200-768x566.jpg\" alt=\"5\/21\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"566\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/21\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190521T185916GMT0200-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"5\/21\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow we head for the (hopefully little) hills.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Conversano is apparently made up of 3 separate towns but I think we mostly wandered around the oldest bit dating from the 11th to 15th centuries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1839"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1839"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1861,"href":"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1839\/revisions\/1861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}