Basilica di San Martino

It was July of 1712 when the relic arrived in San Martino Martina Franca, and since then the patron saint's day was moved to July, exactly 300 years ago.

"A party - remember Don Franco Semeraro, rector of the Basilica - the city honors from three hundred years."

It is an important anniversary which is celebrated this year, almost coinciding with another event that has marked past summer Martina, namely the 700th anniversary of the birth of Martina Franca.

"The city - said Don Franco - know regain his true identity and know how to redeem himself and traced by an opacity fund which in recent months has characterized".