Apúlia · Italy Capital
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In the photo: Basilica di San Nicola, Bari
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The city
Bari, capital of Apulia, is the largest Italian city on the Adriatic and the gateway to the region. The old town, Bari Vecchia, sits on a peninsula between two harbors and houses the Basilica di San Nicola, with the relics of Saint Nicholas, the Cattedrale di San Sabino and the Castello Normanno-Svevo. Next to it, the Quartiere Murat, laid out in the 19th century, has shopping streets, and the Lungomare Nazario Sauro leads to the Pinacoteca Metropolitana Corrado Giaquinto.
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The local experience
Romanesque basilica from the 11th century, in the heart of Bari Vecchia, built to house the relics of Saint Nicholas, brought from the city of Myra (now in Turkey) in 1087. It is a destination for Catholic and Orthodox pilgrims.
Bari's cathedral, in Apulian Romanesque style, was built between the 12th and 13th centuries over the ruins of older churches. It features a rose window on the façade, a Baroque crypt and remains of medieval mosaics.
Fortress on the edge of the old town, erected by the Normans in the 12th century and rebuilt by Frederick II in 1233. It has a moat, stone towers and rooms with exhibitions and a gipsoteca, a collection of plaster casts.
Bari's old town occupies a small peninsula between the old port and the new port, surrounded by the ancient wall. Medieval lanes, squares, dozens of churches and the neighborhood life of its residents.
Seafront avenue that runs from the old town toward the south, with a promenade, public buildings from the 1920s and 1930s, and views of the Adriatic. It's the locals' late-afternoon stroll.
Museum of Apulia art in the Palazzo della Provincia by the sea, featuring medieval sculptures, Byzantine icons, Venetian paintings by Giovanni Bellini, Tintoretto and Veronese, and works of the Neapolitan Baroque.
The part of the city laid out in the 19th century, with straight streets, between the station and the old town. It includes Via Sparano, a pedestrian shopping street, Corso Vittorio Emanuele, the Teatro Petruzzelli and liberty-style buildings.
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