Ruoti.
This village was built on a hill overlooking the Avigliano
Fiumara.
Its origins probably date back to the VI century
B.C., when it was built along a road which connected
Metaponto to the Sele Valley. Ruoti used to be a Longobard
stronghold, belonging to the ‘Contea di Conza’.
Later on it was surrendered to the ‘Contea di
Conversano’.
In the old centre there are some beautiful palaces
and the Main Church of San Nicola. Inside it, there
are a canvas of the XVI century, representing the
Madonna del Rosario, some canvases of the XVIII century,
representing ‘The Madonna e i Santi’,
by Gian Lorenzo Cardone, and a wooden statue of San
Nicola, of the XIV century. The dome and the external
wall, finished in 1805, were probably made by one
of Vanvitelli’s pupils.
