The Castellana Caves in the volume that Repubblica Bari dedicated to underground Puglia. Presentation in the Caverna della Grave on Thursday 27 June.
Is called “Underground Puglia. From the caves to the hypogea, history over the centuries” the volume (168 pages) that It will be distributed free of charge on newsstands on Saturday 29 Juneto readers who purchase a copy of Repubblica Bari, and which includes Among the wonders of Puglia are also the Castellana Caves.
It is an immersion in the world of underground Puglia, from the naturalistic caves – starting with the Castellana Caves, the most visited naturalistic site in Italy in 2023 with over 300 thousand presences – up to the signs of the millenary civilization of man who inhabited the stone.
A journey that will lead the reader from the Deer Cave of Porto Badisco to the places of the rocky and underground habitat. And not only.
The book also talks about the treasures that remained trapped in underground Puglia and what emerged from underground Puglia. This is the case of the Altamura Man discovered 31 years ago in the Lamalunga Cave, and of the extraordinary heritage of dinosaur footprints which tell another page of history, yet to be discovered, of our land.
The presentation of the volume will be held on Thursday 27 June 2024, at 12.00, in the Grave delle Grotte di Castellana.
Will introduce Domenico Castellaneta editor-in-chief of Repubblica Bari and editor of the volume. With him Domi Ciliberti mayor of Castellana Grotte e Serafino Ostuni president of Grotte di Castellana srl.
Immediately afterwards, the journalist from Repubblica Bari Antonio Di Giacomoeditorial coordinator of the volume, will dialogue with Aurelio Marangella president of the Puglia Speleological Federation, Alessandro Reina director of the scientific committee of the Grotte company and with the archaeologist Giuliano Volpe (UniBa).
Between the pages of the volume “Underground Puglia”the signatures of Repubblica journalists like that of Anna Puricella who interviewed the geologist and science communicator Mario Tozzi who underlined how “the bowels of Puglia narrate the thousand-year history of man”.
And again, the signature of Antonella Gaeta which recounted the great beauty of the Castellana Caves between the cinema and their having become the stage for cultural events.
The uniqueness of the Castellana karst site is revealed by Mario Parisegeologist at the University of Bari, author with Umberto D’Ettore of a journey which, from Gargano to Salento, shows the breathtaking charm of underground Puglia through the other tourist caves in the region. To the internationally renowned paleoanthropologist Giorgio Manzi was entrusted with the story of the extraordinary nature of the discovery of the Altamura Man.
“In the caves along the coast, Man encountered the sacred” is the title of the fascinating journey through the caves, made sacred by man throughout history, tackled by the archaeologist Giuliano Volpe while the colleague Francesco D’Andria he took care to tell the myth of Persistence in the caves of Salento.
Among others also: the historian Sergio Chiaffarata Iannelli who reconstructed the mysterious street of the hypogea in the Land of Bari, the art historian Maurizio Triggiani which led readers to discover the hidden signs of history and therefore the frescoes of the rock churches.
And finally, the paleontologist geologist Marco Petruzzelli which took the reader into prehistoric Puglia through a site still to be exploited, that of the deposits of dinosaur footprints.
We recommend reserving a copy of the book and the newspaper at your local newsstand.
