Best Things to Do in Puglia

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3Pay homage at Monte San Angelo

Since the early Middle Ages, Monte San Angelo has marked the terminus of one of Europe’s most important pilgrimage trails, the Route of the Angel, which began in Mont St-Michel (in Normandy) and ran via Rome.

Now a Unesco world heritage site, Monte San Angelo centres around the Santuario di San Michele, a complex of churches, chapels and buildings built on top of a holy shrine where St Michael is said to have left his footprint. Look out for pilgrims’ graffiti — it was a custom for penitents to trace outlines of their hands and feet into the walls.