Saperi&Sapori di Troia

Ancient city south of Lucera built on the ancient Eca or Ecana in the time of Diomedes. Medieval town still intact and compact along the ancient Via Consolare Egnathia - Trajan. Destroyed by Constantine, it was rebuilt by the Bogian Catapanus in 1013. We will visit a small winery that dedicates its production to Troia grape, all grown in organic, of which you can appreciate the different facets in the vinifications in white, red and pink. Visit of the M.E.D. (Diocesan Ecclesiastical Museum), housed in the former concento of San Benedetto, houses the groups of the five 'Mysteries' carried in procession on Good Friday and the famous capital of the Four Races, Federician age. The Cathedral, built in 1093, has three naves supported by twelve marble columns plus one side by side, and is dedicated to the Virgin Mary Assumed into heaven in the typical Romanesque forms of Apulia. It is made famous by the splendid and unique openwork rose window with eleven rays that decorates the upper part of the facade, framed by a grandiose arch crowded with sculptures. It preserves the bronze doors of Oderisio di Benevento (1119 that of the facade, 1127 that of the side entrance) on which are carved scenes of the bishops of the city. Stop at the pastry shop, where you can buy "La Passionata" confectionery creation of Lucia Casoli and Nicola Mecca, Trojan pride, is a dessert that speaks Trojan, made with buffalo ricotta, cow and sheep, marzipan, orange biscuit with cover of Apulian almond paste. A treasure chest of traditions and rural identity, a synthesis product of their territory, warped on the plots of ancient transhumance, of which Troy was an obligatory passage and crossroads. In conclusion, we will visit the ancient church of San Basilio, dating back to the eleventh century with a very simple gabled facade, interior with three naves; worthy of note is the baptismal font and the fresco with the baptism of Christ and Saint John the Baptist, both sixteenth century.