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The Pulo of Altamura: an incredible sinkhole

About six kilometres from Altamura, in the middle of the Murge plateau, there is a shocking chasm. A meteorite? Or a volcano? It is the Pulo, a sinkhole of karstic origin into which the waters flowed and which today has a diameter of about 550 metres with a depth of almost 80. The water has created small caves in the sides that were once places where an ancient civilization settled.

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