This story appears in the May 2020 issue of National Geographic magazine.
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Discover sleepy villages and green pastures along ancient migratory routes in Puglia and elsewhere.
A herd of 300 enters Castropignano, during the last day of a 112-mile, four-day cattle drive from Puglia to summer meadows in Molise, a seasonal migration called a transhumance.