Preta Longa - Rocchetta Sant'Antonio
The road that connects Candela to Rocchetta Sant'Antonio gives us an unexpected landscape, dominated by Pretalonga.
The place
It is a huge monolith that was a sacred site in pagan times. The rock is a place of rest and reproduction of birds of prey, especially hawks, and at its feet presents in spring a beautiful bloom of daffodils. It marks an unprecedented landscape for the Dauni Mountains, which boast only another similar site: the Santulize Stone near Sant'Agata di Puglia. The popular tradition wants the Pretalonga the result of the evacuation carried out by Lucifer put in flight by the Archangel Michael.
Location
SP 99 Candela - Rocchetta Sant'Antonio, Rocchetta Sant'Antonio
Rocchetta Sant'Antonio
"Rocchetta la poetica" is a treasure chest of beauty, as well as a border point between where Puglia ends and Basilicata and Campania begin.
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