Lucera

Lucera is a town in the province of Foggia in the region of Apulia (Puglia), Italy. Its Roman amphitheater is one of the largest in southern Italy.

• 🌍 Cathedral. Built in 1300 on the grounds of the last standing medieval mosque in Italy, which had been destroyed the same year. (updated Oct 2023)
• 🌍 Anfiteatro Romano. 09:00-14:00. Dating to Augustus' times, it is one of the largest in southern Italy. It was discovered in 1932: during the excavations, a statue of Augustus was found in the site. It measures about 131 m by 99 m, of elliptical plan, and could host from 16,000 to 18,000 spectators. The amphitheatre could be accessed from two large portals, one towards Lucera and one towards Foggia; the two side accesses, as well as the external walls, are no more visible. It was perhaps destroyed in the capture of the city by the Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II in 663. 
• 🌍 Fortezza Svevo-Angionia. 
• 🌍 Museo di Archeologia Urbana, Via De Nicastri 36 (Palazzo De Nicastri), ☏ +39 0881 541662. 
• The medieval castle
• The Church of St. Francis
• Church of the Carmen
• Church of St. DominicChurch of St. Antony the Abbot, whose dome was once part of the city's mosque
• Church of St. John the Baptist

• 🌍 Il Cortiletto, Via De Nicastri, 26 (Behind the Cathedral), ☏ +39 0881 542554.  
• 🌍 Il Presidente - Cucina & Pizza, Via de Nicastri, 10, ☏ +39 0881 524106. Apulian cuisine, including pizza.  
• 🌍 Il Testamento del Porco, Via A. Moro,19, ☏ +39 328 6843477. Really great if you like meat and wine.  

• 🌍 Hotel Sorriso, Viale Raffaello Sanzio, ☏ +39 0881 540306, hotelsorrisolucera@gmail.com. nice place, nice people, English language: intermediate. (updated Oct 2023)