Troy is among the most famous places of the Dauni Mountains. Founded in 1019 by the Byzantine catapano Basilio Bojohannes, the town, known for its beautiful rose window with 11 rays, retains important historical evidence.

Numerous works of inestimable value are preserved in the Civic Museum and in the Diocesan Ecclesiastical Museum, while in the Treasury Museum are kept 3 of the 28 Exultet existing in the world. Interesting is the path between two lands, the ancient course that connected the two nuclei, the Basilian and the Benedictine.

To visit the Bishop’s Palace, where you can admire valuable paintings of the '700 Neapolitan, the Cathedral, the church of San Benedetto, San Francesco and San Basilio. CHURCHES MONUMENTS AND PALACES - Concattedrale della Beata Vergine Maria Assunta in Cielo Masterpiece of Apulian Romanesque art built between 1093 and 1120 by Pope Urban II. On the facade, full of sculptures and allegorical symbols, stands "the rose window" composed of eleven columns, each one different from the other, magnificent example of openwork sculptural technique. Powerful and precious bronze doors made by Oderisio da Benevento. Inside the Cathedral, characterized by three naves divided by thirteen marble columns, there is a particular and equally unique asymmetric apse. Interesting the wooden Crucifix (1709) by Pietro Frasa that dominates the high altar.

This is the oldest church in Troy. The first written traces of the church of San Basilio Magno can be found on a parchment of 1087, for some scholars it dates back to 1017. Essential and austere, it has elements from different periods. Church of San Francesco - Built on an ancient building dedicated to the cult of San Martino, the church of San Francesco, dedicated to the saint of Assisi in 1400, was part of a convent complex. The beautiful church, which flanks via Regina Margherita, was transformed into a Baroque style in 1737 by the friars of Monteveregine. SOME MONUMENTS, WORKS OF ART AND PALACES Ex Convento d'Avalos The period of construction dates back to the sixteenth century. Object of changes and interventions since the time of Francesco D'Avalos, Prince of Troy. The rooms of the ground floor house the Civic Museum. Located along Via Regina Margherita the building is now home to the Town Hall.Palazzo Vescovile Located in Piazza Episcopio, next to the Cathedral. Built by Bishop Cavalieri in the early 1700s, it was renovated by Bishop De Simone at the end of the 1700s. Exultet di Troia In the Treasury Museum of the Cathedral, there are three of the trendadue Exultet existing in the world. The three precious scrolls of parchment of Troy belong to the area of Benevento-Cassino. Capital of the Four Races Preserved in the Diocesan Ecclesiastical Museum. It’s a capital in limestone in which the heads are carved with the profile of the peoples known, then, on the earth: African, Asian, Arab and European. A similar capital is exhibited in the halls of the Metropolitan Museum in New York and probably arrived from Troy.

In the same museum are preserved the eighteenth-century groups of the papier-mâché Mysteries of the Neapolitan school. Via Francigena It is the ancient Appia-Traiana, called Francigena. For pilgrims coming from Rome or Monte Saint Michel and heading to Monte Sant'Angelo and the Holy Land, Troy, the ancient Aece, was the first city they encountered on the way after Aequotutico.

Enogastronomy: The ancient Via Traiana, descending from the mountains of Irpinia, in Troia opens onto the Tavoliere delle Puglie. Olive groves, vineyards, almond groves and stretches of wheat begin here to tell the typical Apulian landscape. It is an ancient and noble land that continues, after more than a thousand years, to offer products today true excellence of gastronomy. Several wineries have recovered ancient vines, including Nero di Troia, and today represent excellence in the wine sector. In great demand is the extra virgin olive oil produced by the local mills obtained from the local cultivar the "nostrana". The production of baked goods and desserts is also rich: from bread with sourdough and taralli to wild fennel or with eggs, to taralli to Nero di Troia; from biscuits with almonds to delicious biscuits with figs, or again, to the now famous passion, triumph of almonds and ricotta.

Religious Rites: During Holy Week ancient rites take place. On the evening of Thursday the Confraternities visit the most important churches. On the morning of Friday five hooded men, barefoot with chains at their ankles and the cross on their shoulders, walk through the streets of the village. On Friday evening there is the "Procession of the Mysteries" in which five wooden statuary groups parade. On Easter Sunday there is the Procession of the Kiss which involves the encounter between Our Lady and the Risen Christ.