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Baia paura
Adriatic CoastPolignano a Mare 101
And how the town got its name? There are several stories about it. As the first goes, the tiny city was built by the Greeks, and named Polymnianum which means place "constructed on high".
Other scholars claim that Pompeo Sarnelli, the Bishop of Bisceglie from 1692 to 1724, built the first permanent village nearby, at Caio Marino. And here he constructed a tower, which he later named "Polimnia" (the name of a muse). Now the main street in Polignano a Mare bears the bishop’s name.
Other historians affirm that it was indeed a Greek colony but it was named "Maganza" then "Apenestae". Others say that it was called "Neapolis Peucetorum." What is certain is that coins were found here with the gilded "NEAP" on them.
Meanwhile marine colony grew up, the so-called Neapolis was renamed Polis-nea (new city), later Polineanum, followed by Polignano and now Polignano a Mare.
