Camouflaged in the rock in an enchanted landscape is Garagnone Castle, among the most important sites in the Alta Murgia with great historical and geomorphological significance, consisting of two reliefs (Castle and Rock) rising in the Great Southern Escarpment of the Murge.
Garagnone is the only castle on a rocky outcrop in Apulia, built in Norman age and rebuilt for defensive purposes, around 1200, at the behest of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor.
Outcropping rocks in the area belong to the Altamura Limestone Formation dating from the Upper Cretaceous, but slope deposits, some dating from the last glaciation, are also important.
Inhabited since Neolithic times, the entire area was abandoned after the castle collapsed in an earthquake around 1700.
SP15 Geosite – regional significance
Location: Spinazzola (BAT)
