Monte Sant'Angelo - Foggia 11

Monte Sant'Angelo is a town appeared only in the eleventh century. Between 1081 and 1103, Monte Sant'Angelo was the capital of a large Norman dominion under the control of Count Henry, who was a vassal of the Byzantine Empire. The grotto in the nearby, in which, according to the legend, St. Michael appeared in 490, 492 and 493, was the end of a famous pilgrimage itinerary, which started from Mont Saint Michel.
In the 17th century the city became part of the Kingdom of Naples, to which it belonged until the unification of Italy in the 19th century.

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