In 1550, this holy place got the privilege of PLENARIA INDULGENZA andthe 5th March 1997 the Pope gave it the PLENARIA INDULGENZA in Perpetuum. Once the 
mountain where Monte S. Angelo is, was called Drion (Oak). Sights are various: Manfredonia and Mattinata's sea and landscapes leading to Foresta Umbra. The town was built around the Sanctuary. In front of the Sanctuary there are the remains of S. Pietro and Santa Maria Maggiore churches as well as the Tomb of Rotari. The church of S. Pietro dates back to VIII-IX century and its only remains are the 600's facade, the rose window and the apse's structure. Beside it, there is the church of S. Maria Maggiore with its gorgeous facade. The Tomb of Rotari is a monument and dates back to XII century. They say that it would have been built as a BATTISTERO, bell tower or sepulchre. Within the "Tomb" there is a LOCULO, but it is a very unlikely Rotari's grave (king of Longobardi, famous for the EDITTO). Lovely the BATTESIMALE CONCA and the sculptures of Jesus being arrested. The huge castle is vertically on the valley. It was first built on IX century and extended afterwards by ANGIOINI and ARAGONESI. Frederick II embellished it. Carlo II di Durazzo, king of Neaples and Hungary was born there and the Lord of Onore di Monte S. Angelo used to live in. Within the monastery of S. Francesco there is the "G. Tancredi" ETNOGRAFICO museum, one of the most important within southern Italy. Evocative is the medieval district of "Junno": the "A SCHIERA" white houses show how the builders respect the PROFILO of the mountain.