Putignano

History and Sights of Putignano

Putignano is an active town whose fame is due to its carnival, which is celebrated every year, culminating in a Shrove Tuesday giant parade of floats and crowds of townspeople and visitors in costumes and masks.

The festival season starts early, with a festival known as planting of the vines in late December, said to relate to the procession of the remains of S. Stefano, which are housed in the church of Santa Maria la Greca.

The Caves of Putignano lie a couple of miles outside the town, and are worth a visit, even if they do not rival their neighbours at Castellana Grotte.