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Bovino is a ''comune'' and hilltop town at the foot of the Irpinia mountains in the province of Foggia, in the region of Apulia in southern Italy. Bovino is currently a member of the society "Italy's Most Beautiful Villages". On April 5, it was voted Italy's fifth prettiest village, during the national TV contest "Il Borgo dei Borghi". == History == Bovino has more than two thousand years of history, and in 323 BC, participated in the Samnite wars, fighting against the Romans. The Romans then rebuild Bovino and call it "Vibinum". In 663, after being conquered by Lombards, Bovino was destroyed during the war with the Byzantines. In 876, the walls around Bovino were rebuilt, under the Byzantine Emperor Basil I (having been recaptured by the Byzantines), and the streets were laid out in their characteristic narrow design. In the 11th century, when the Normans arrived in Italy, Bovino was one of the final remaining Byzantine strongholds. In 1656, bubonic plague killed the majority of the local population, and only 1,200 people survived. Today, Bovino remains a tranquil and peaceful little town. Bovino was the seat of the diocese of Bovino from the fifth century until 1986. With a deeply Roman Catholic community, Bovino has several ancient churches. The oldest is St. Peter's (Italian ''San Pietro''), which was built on the site of a temple to Hercules. The gothic (rare for the south of Italy) Church of the Rosary (Italian ''Chiesa del Rosario'') has an elongated brick campanile. The Cathedral is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Its interior varies in style according to age. The most ancient section is the chapel of San Marco in Ercana, housing the relics of this local patron saint. Of particular interest is Bovino's claim to a Marian apparition in the twelfth century. Pope John Paul II has had a particular connection with this. As Archbishop of Kraków, he visited Bovino in 1965 together with eleven other Polish bishops. He then laid the foundation stone of what was to become the ''Santuario di Santa Maria di Valleverde''. Situated part way up hill from the main SS90 trunk road to Bovino, the ''Santuario'' has become a popular pilgrimage site in the Puglia region. Karol Józef Wojtyła returned as Pope John Paul II in the 1980s in order to officially ratify the apparitions and open the church. Whilst Bovino has several big festivals, the largest is the "Feast of August 29th". Dating back to the time of the ruling Guevara family, Bovino has a ''fiera'' on that day. This is a legal recognition of Bovino's importance as a market town. In addition to visits by a large number of vendors, there is usually a holy procession featuring the statue of the Madonna of Valleverde. The day is also marked by an historic cavalcade, particularly popular with the local community, given its agrarian economy. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bovino」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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