San Giovanni Rotondo is the center of Gargano spirituality and of the pilgrims who reach the town each year to pray over the remains of Saint Padre Pio of Pietrelcina.
Il paese è situato in una conca ben coltivata che si apre a Sud-Est del M. Castellana sul pendio meridionale del Gargano e si affaccia su Manfredonia.
San Giovanni is most famous for the Shrine of Padre Pio of Pietralcina and for the Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza hospital desired by the saint. For more than 50 years San Giovanni Rotondo has been a destination for pilgrims from all over the world because of the Convent where Father Pio of Pietralcina lived and received his stigmata.
