{"id":2032,"date":"2019-05-26T17:15:28","date_gmt":"2019-05-26T16:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/?p=2032"},"modified":"2019-05-26T21:20:18","modified_gmt":"2019-05-26T20:20:18","slug":"egnazia-and-back-to-monopoli-in-the-rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/index.php\/2019\/05\/26\/egnazia-and-back-to-monopoli-in-the-rain\/","title":{"rendered":"Egnazia and back to Monopoli in the rain (!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"Fasano \/ Apulia \/ Italy - 5\/26\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190526T102410GMT0200-768x489.jpg\" alt=\"Fasano \/ Apulia \/ Italy - 5\/26\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"489\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Today it is raining &#8211; and I am a fair weather cyclist. David says it\u2019s ok so long as it isn\u2019t cold and windy as well.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nPausing under an olive \u00a0tree:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/26\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190526T142336GMT0200-768x576.jpg\" alt=\"5\/26\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once I was wet it wasn\u2019t that bad.<\/p>\n<p>We stopped at Egnazia &#8211; an ancient city that was inhabited from about 800BC to 700AD.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/26\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190526T122126GMT0200-768x818.jpg\" alt=\"5\/26\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"818\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/26\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190526T123339GMT0200-768x497.jpg\" alt=\"5\/26\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"497\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The museum is excellent with well displayed exhibits from Neolithic times to the Romans.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/26\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190526T122607GMT0200-768x610.jpg\" alt=\"5\/26\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"610\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/26\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190526T120613GMT0200-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"5\/26\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Greeks came in about 8-700BC and traded with the local messapians who were trader \/ farmers.<\/p>\n<p>Is this the first high 5 ever recorded?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/26\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190526T120524GMT0200-768x935.jpg\" alt=\"5\/26\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"935\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By the 4th century BC there was a population boom and subsequent squabbling and bandits hence the building of the city walls and fortifications.<\/p>\n<p>I loved these grave statues of dining and relaxing:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/26\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190526T121925GMT0200-768x857.jpg\" alt=\"5\/26\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"857\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/26\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190526T122105GMT0200-768x917.jpg\" alt=\"5\/26\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"917\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is the head of Attis:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/26\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190526T122938GMT0200-768x1223.jpg\" alt=\"5\/26\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"1223\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Romans also built the roads which looked pretty uncomfortable if you were in a carriage.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/26\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190526T130520GMT0200-768x770.jpg\" alt=\"5\/26\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"770\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>David liked this skillet:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/26\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190526T120732GMT0200-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"5\/26\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We also went into a Messapian tomb of about 4th century BC which was painted as if a bedroom with wooden beams and pomegranate decoration to symbolise the afterlife. Pottery pomegranates were also placed in the tombs<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/26\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190526T113616GMT0200-768x576.jpg\" alt=\"5\/26\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/26\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190526T113243GMT0200-768x425.jpg\" alt=\"5\/26\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"425\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/26\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190526T121640GMT0200-768x784.jpg\" alt=\"5\/26\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"784\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The ancient monolithic tomb doors still swung on their hinges!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/26\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190526T113151GMT0200-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"5\/26\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately this tomb was empty- it\u2019s contents are most likely in the British Museum.<\/p>\n<p>We wandered around the archeological remains &#8211; amphitheater, forum, baths, houses and roads. It stopped raining.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/26\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190526T130138GMT0200-768x576.jpg\" alt=\"5\/26\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then we stopped for a delicious sea-food lunch at a beach club all ready for the Sunday bathers. As there were none we were very well looked after.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"Monopoli \/ Apulia \/ Italy - 5\/26\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190526T143830GMT0200-768x576.jpg\" alt=\"Monopoli \/ Apulia \/ Italy - 5\/26\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After a quick paddle in the Adriatic we pedalled on to Monopoli.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/26\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190526T152626GMT0200-768x473.jpg\" alt=\"5\/26\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"473\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"Apulia \/ Adriatic Sea \/ Italy - 5\/26\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190526T185139GMT0200-1-768x304.jpg\" alt=\"Apulia \/ Adriatic Sea \/ Italy - 5\/26\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"304\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I hope you enjoyed our taste of Puglia &#8211; we certainly did!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today it is raining &#8211; and I am a fair weather cyclist. David says it\u2019s ok so long as it isn\u2019t cold and windy as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2032"}],"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=2032"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2032\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2054,"href":"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2032\/revisions\/2054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}