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It is a gracious centre of the Gargano<\/strong> located between the Varano Lake and the Foresta Umbra. Its old village, which was founded around the year 1000, is one of the most suggestive of the Gargano National Park <\/strong>and represents a typical example of architecture of Gargano: steep streets, narrow alleys, houses leaning one against other with steps that lead to the upper floors.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Known for the production of oil<\/strong> and broad beans<\/strong>, “guarded” by Slow Food<\/strong>, the town has become a popular destination in Apulia<\/strong> thanks to Carpino in Folk<\/strong>, the event dedicated to popular music and its influences. The event, held every year in the first decade of August.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Carpino however arouses a lot of interest from the historical-cultural<\/strong> point of view. Worth visiting the numerous churches of the old town, including the fourteenth century Church of San Cirillo, which, with the exception of its Romanesque portal, comes in the Baroque form, and the Mother Church, in the heart of the most ancient district of town.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Biogenetic Nature Reserve State<\/strong>, established in 1977, falls within the territory of Carpino and the neighboring Ischitella. It is a protected nature reserve of Gargano that extends over 300 hectares of wood and is characterized by valleys and small valleys that degrade toward the Varano Lake. The flora is distinguished by the presence, in addition to the holm-oaks, also of beech trees, which reach lower altitudes with respect to their conditions, turkey oaks, hazels, holm-oaks and Italian oaks. Also the fauna is rich, characterized by the most important mammals of the Park, such as the wild cat, the roe deer and various species of birds. The Romandato torrent flows in the reserve and flows into the Adriatic Sea in the territory of Rodi Garganico.<\/p>\n
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