Religious Architecture Dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary Assumed into Heaven, the Mother Church is the most important Pannese monument. The church houses a white Renaissance marble statue of the Virgin of Loreto, a baptismal font, also in white marble, two eighteenth-century altarpieces, statues of the saints and some altarpieces from more recent eras as well as the Adoration chapel. Along the external wall of the bell tower there are some early Christian graffiti, while inside there are others from the Templar period. The other churches in the town are those of San Vito and San Pietro (locally called “del Purgatorio”). To these must be added the modest little Church of Calvary (locally called the Church of the Five Crosses). In the municipal territory of Panni there is also the sanctuary of the Madonna del Bosco with an adjoining monastery, dating back to 1503. The complex, located at the foot of Monte Crispignano, would have welcomed
Saint Alfonso de Liguori on his travels between
Campania and
Apulia.
Military Architecture In the upper part of the historic center there is a panoramic walk, called '
Il Castello'. Along this pedestrian path on the crest of
Monte Sario, the remains of a wall of a watchtower, constructed during the Spanish occupation, from the early sixteenth century stand out (in local dialect called "Lu Zitemelòne "), within which a small window has been carved. The tower has been reconstructed several times due to earthquakes over the centuries and the form seen today is what has remained throughout modern years. This promontory is well known by many of the area for its views and by para gliders due to the consistent winds that blow from the north-east and can be seen over the town during spring and summer. From this height, one can look north to the isolated mountain massif of the Gargano, made of a highland and several peaks and forming the backbone of the Gargano Promontory projecting into the
Adriatic Sea, the "spur" on the Italian "boot" and east to the provincial capital city of Foggia and its plain and further to the port city of
Manfredonia, the
Gulf of Manfredonia and the
Adriatic Sea.
Civil Architecture A glimpse of Panni Some ancient fountains around Panni date back several centuries and have various medieval and Renaissance inscriptions (they are Fontana di Sant'Elia, Fontana di Mata, Fontana Vecchia, Fontana Nuova, Fontana Alambicco). Also interesting is the war memorial with a bronze statue of Victory holding a flame, which is to resemble the American Statue of Liberty in form. The architectural keystones of the portals [9] are interesting, the result of the artistic skills of the Pannesi stonecutters, handed down over the centuries.
Natural areas The municipal area of Panni extends between two areas:
Monte Crispignano, one of the highest in
Apulia, and the
Cervaro Valley, rich in greenery and water. A large equipped wooded area extends around the sanctuary of the Madonna del Bosco.
Archaeological sites Some archaeological finds (Monte Crispignano, Valle dell'Avella, La Serra), in the municipal area of Panni, there have been uncovered noteworthy finds, such as jewels and coins from the 2nd century BC, the remains of a small temple and some funerary sites from the 3rd century BC. The exploratory excavation of the "La Serra" site is of considerable importance. == Languages and Dialects ==