Discover Cisternino, the picturesque village in the Itria Valley. Imagine traveling among gorgeous trulli, artisan stores and typical restaurants. A touch of unspoiled southern Italy awaits you<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Cisternino, one of the pearls of the Itria Valley, is also known for the quality of its welcome and the number of restaurants<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":312079,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"the-village":"
Cisternino (Cistran\u00edne in the local dialect) overlooks the Valle d'Itria, in the so-called Murgia dei trulli. To this day, in the area of Monte Specchia, on the hills of Restano and\u00a0on the wild cliffs of\u00a0Serra Amara, prehistoric tools of all kinds are still discovered: assegais, blades, scrapers and burins\u00a0to engrave bones. The name Cisternino may come\u00a0from the eponymous hero Sturno, companion of the Homeric hero Diomedes who escaped the Trojan war. He is said to have founded a nearby city which, later occupied by the Romans, was called Sturninum<\/em>, the current Ostuni. The name derives from \"Cis-Sturninum<\/em>\", meaning beyond Sturni. The historic center is a fascinating example of spontaneous architecture, where you will find wonderful trulli<\/em> perfectly preserved and historical palaces, such as the palace of the Governor, the Episcopal Palace, the Capece tower. The territory around the village is characterized by the presence of the Boschi comunali (municipal forests), the largest vegetal formation in the whole province and by the Cycle path of water, the second bike path on water system\u00a0in\u00a0Europe. The cycle path is developped along the service road to the main channel of the aqueduct in Locorotondo, crossing the territories of Cisternino, Ostuni, up to the territory of Ceglie Messapica, near the pinewood Ulmo. The itinerary is developped\u00a0in the Mediterranean maquis, away from the traffic, skirting farms and rural houses, trulli and contradee, appreciating all the beauty of the Itria Valley. Among the most expected folkloristic events in Cisternino, there is surely Easter Monday. Called in the local dialect\u00a0Pasquar\u00e8dde,<\/em> this festival will be held at the Sanctuary of the Madonna d'Irbernia, where people usually go bringing\u00a0the typical sweets (in the form of a purse with two boiled eggs for children, one in the form of a doll with a boiled egg for girls), called \"u churr\u00fcchele<\/em>\"; it should\u00a0bring prosperity and fertility. It's no coincidence\u00a0that Madonna of Ibernia is the one of life, fertility and abundance. The most renowned festivals, which will be held between Cisternino and its surroundings, are: the festival of orecchiette<\/em> and of the rabbit, which take place in August, and the grape festival, that takes place in September. The cistranese<\/em> cuisine typically reflects the most classical traditions of Bari and Murgia dei trulli gastronomy with some small incursion of the alto Salento one. The characteristics of this genuine tradition are especially the recipes based on meat and vegetables, with a special predilection for game meat dishes.<\/p>\n"},"stato_borgo":[],"village-conntection":[50603],"borghi":[76346,76349],"village-category":[35898,35899,35901],"class_list":["post-175643","village","type-village","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","village-conntection-cisternino-it","borghi-apulia","borghi-brindisi","village-category-camper-parking-area","village-category-most-beautiful-villages-in-italy","village-category-orange-flag-countries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/village\/175643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/village"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/village"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/village\/175643\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/312079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"stato_borgo","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stato_borgo?post=175643"},{"taxonomy":"village-conntection","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/village-conntection?post=175643"},{"taxonomy":"borghi","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/borghi?post=175643"},{"taxonomy":"village-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/village-category?post=175643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}