Tórre Calderìna is located within a WWF oasis. Adjacent to the sea, the tower overlooks the Adriatic on one side and a diverse hinterland on the other, including Mediterranean scrub, wetlands, steppe, steep cliffs, and the so-called "làme," the beds of ancient watercourses that have carved natural inlets in the terrain.

Both the coast and the hinterland have undergone very complex geological events for millennia. The continuous interaction between human intervention and the planet's natural processes, which naturally occur at a different pace, has created a unique landscape.

On the "làme," you can find stepped terraces and dry stone walls adorned with rich spontaneous vegetation.

If you seek the sea from the countryside, heading towards the city - perhaps on foot - you will encounter the echoes of ancient times. Molfetta's first settlements date back to prehistoric times. The actual foundation is Greek, but Molfetta has been a part of the Roman world since the Republican Era. Then Goths, Saracens, Byzantines, Lombards, Normans all arrived. From its small port in the 12th and 13th centuries, devoted pilgrims and fighters departed for the Holy Land. Becoming a royal city under the Swabians and Frederick II, Molfetta has witnessed the succession of all the great dynasties of southern Italy. However, until the late 1600s, it did not expand beyond its medieval walls.

As trade volumes changed, a larger and safer harbor was constructed near the Cathedral, which provided some protection from the east wind, an eternal problem for those arriving in Molfetta by sea. Over the centuries, the port continued to grow, and on May 30, 1844, Ferdinand II of Bourbon, the penultimate King of Naples, personally laid the cornerstone for a new harbor. Expansion work continued with the construction of the Pennello pier in 1890 and the Salvucci dam in the mid-20th century.

Hard was the working of the land, and hard was the work of the seafaring people. 

That's why the churches of Molfetta are filled with votive testimonies of miracles that occurred at sea.