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CARNEVALE DI PUTIGNANO
CHURCH OF SAN PIETRO APOSTOLO
Putignano a history you don't expect
Little church of the Maddalena (18th century)
The church, also deconsecrated already in 1844, integrates perfectly with the historical / architectural context of the street in which it stands. The bell tower placed on the entrance door sounded the tolls that spread in the streets of the district starting from the eighteenth century.
The historical reason that justified its construction is particular. It is said, in fact, that originally the street, which later took the same name as the church, was particularly poor and than a fulcrum of debauchery and depravity.
Towards the early 1700s, the inhabitants of the town considered it appropriate to place a small church there so that its presence would serve to ward off bad habits and be a reason for repentance and repentance for those who had lost themselves in the maze of sin. They therefore named it in honor of Mary Magdalene, first a great sinner and then a saint.
At the expense of the Municipality in the early 1800s it was equipped with a painting with the Blessed Virgin, the Magdalene and San Leonardo, the work of the fellow citizen Giovanni Battista Villari now no longer existing. Currently the only traces of its past are a stone altar with sacred stone and a drain of holy water
This website project born from the idea of Gianni Musaio is enclosed in a team spirit and is the result of the collaboration of people, ordinary citizens, who care about the historical, cultural, artistic, geographical, food and wine heritage of the historic center of Putignano, a town in to live.
The historic center of a town is the fulcrum of the territory, where ancient stories, traditions and culture of those who preceded us are preserved. You too can contribute to leaving the testimonies of the past to the generations to come, taking care of them.