Foggia Attractions

Foggia, chief town of the province of the same name, which was also known as "Capitanata", is situated in the northern part of the Adriatic coastal region of Apulia, south of the Monte Gargano promontory. Once a favorite residence of the Emperor Frederick II, it is both the geographical and the economic center of the extensive Apulian plains, the Tavoliere di Puglia. Almost all the town's medieval buildings were destroyed in an earthquake in 1731. With its wide tree-lined streets and its many new buildings, including those erected after the Second World War to make good the severe destruction which the town had suffered, Foggia is now a town of very modern appearance.