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Perched on the Gargano heights south of the forest, Monte Sant’Angelo was a major medieval pilgrimage town, celebrated for its fifth-century sanctuary of St. Michael in a grotto where the archangel appeared to the Bishop of Siponto three times.
Today, Kusama is a cult figure in the Japanese avant-garde, recognized not only for her art but for her novels as well--gothic fables of sexual violence set in New York, with titles like The Hustler's Grotto of Christopher Street (which ends with a suicidal leap from the Empire State Building) and The Burning of St. Mark's Church .
There is more Manrique design to admire at the caves of Jameos del Agua; opened in 1966, this was the first attraction designed by the great creator, where his landscaping talents have embellished and transformed a grotto and underground lagoon into a short fantasy journey.
Cave No. 11 is said to contain some 12,000 Buddha figures, more than any other cave; high up on the wall is a tablet reporting that 83 artists worked for six years to complete the carvings in this one grotto.
There are walkways down to a lagoon enclosed by menacing rocks, and if weather conditions are calm, this open-air grotto is a paradise for snorkelers.