Stone tower

going north of Margherita di Savoia, on the main road of salt, after about 11 km. you reach Stone Tower

Drew its name from the fact that in front of him, toward the sea, was the promontory of San Nicolas de Petra, which is a coastal site that gradually over the centuries, the slow sea erosion has become island and then finally inabbissarsi (in spring and autumn, with a calm sea, it is possible to make out the remains on the seabed).

This stretch of coast has always been very important historically, first with San Nicholas de Petra, which was the birthplace of St. Ruggiero, the patron saint of Barletta then, once begun erosion (XIII century), the medieval center, also home to a monastery, it was moved to the inside, but even that was not enough, forcing you to move the tower where today see, and where prey is still some erosion.

Torrepietra, like other towers, was used as a sighting and reporting of the dangers from the sea, fortification, but also customs and control of the waters of Lake Salpi.

Article translated by google translator. Sorry for the inaccuracies