All Saints' Day: a little church among the olive trees

Cuti is a hamlet of Valenzano, a town in the Bari hinterland. In this quiet corner where olive trees and vineyards chase one another at breakneck speed stands the little Romanesque church of Ognissanti, characterised by its brightness and by its interior with a longitudinal plan of three naves, without a transept and with three semicircular apses. Once an abbey within a renowned and independent monastery, today the little church stays closed for most of the year and is entrusted to its volunteer caretakers; only on All Saints' Day, to which it is dedicated, does the little church come back to life. Guided visits are organised there and, if the day invites it, it is an opportunity for a trip out of town. Easter Monday is also an opportunity to rediscover this small jewel of Romanesque art