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Gargano is a sub-region of Apulia.

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Gargano, also known as the Spur of Italy, is an area that forms the so-called heel of the Italian boot. It is completely surrounded by the Adriatic Sea and is located near the province of Foggia. Gargano is the main tourist place in Puglia along with Salento. It also includes an important National Park.

The term "Gargano" comes from the ancient Greek "Gargaros" which means "mountain of stone".

The Gargano has been at the center of an evolutionary and cultural process among the most fruitful in Western Europe: Grotta Paglicci, located in Rignano Garganico, represents in particular a cornerstone for the study of Paleolithic civilization in Europe for the variety of archaeological layers.

During the Middle Ages, the connection between Benevento and Gargano remained one of the main constants and favored the religious and economic development of the Gargano centers.

The reconquest of the Gargano by the Byzantine Empire between the ninth and tenth centuries encouraged the rise of a true rock civilization, witnessed by the birth of many villages scattered and evident in the historic centers of Peschici, Vico del Gargano and Monte Sant'Angelo.

With the Swabians Manfredi, in the Gargano, built in 1256 a real city, Manfredonia: the massacres are still alive in memory in 1620, when this city was occupied by the Turks and burned down.

Very serious were the damages caused by the Gargano earthquake of 1646, with loss of thousands of lives.

In the aftermath of the Second World War, life began to manifest forms of life responding to a more modern and civilized society. At the same time, however, the economy of some towns, especially Rodi Garganico suffered a major collapse due to the Cold War that reduced to zero the intense and centuries-old trade relations that linked the town to Dalmatia.