Altamura is set in Puglia among flat fields bounded by dry-stone walls where golden wheat is grown.

It is a busy town of the province of Bari founded at the beginning of the XIII century by Frederick II of Swabia. During the century the town has become not only an important agricultural centre but also an industrial, commercial and cultural one.

Being set in an area where traditionally wheat is mainly grown, it has wittnessed the consolidation of the laborious work of millers.

Their job has been transformed during the years; at the first millstones were used, then windmills and watermills.

In the second half of the XVIII century the steam engine was introduced and today the very latest technology is used in modern mills.

During the years, Altamura has become one the most important centres of Southern Italy where wheat is transformed in many thriving factories.

Molino Martimucci is one of the leanding mills, it is known for the high quality of its products and for the durum wheat semolina they make.

Durum wheat semolina is the main ingredient of the typical bread made in Altamura which is the most important element in the diet of the people living in the Murge and can be considered the symbol of every kind of Pugliese bread made natural yeast.

The great internatinal success obtained by the bread made in Altamura is also due to the quality of its semolina.