In Santa Venere, between Melfi and Rocchetta Sant’Antonio, the Ofanto river, after passing through a narrow wooded valley with a sinuous course, wedges itself inside a characteristic rocky creek before opening up to the flatter part of its course in land of Puglia.

In the surroundings you can visit the divider of Santa Vener from which the part of Ofanto’s is deviated to feed the close reservoirs.