Tourist guide of Italy
Bari

museums and galleries  cathedrals and churches  castles and fortress  buildings and historical squares  parks and gardens
 

Located in the superior back part of the "heel of the boot" Bari, port important city it is and that it was a nexus of union between Italy and East. Nowadays it combines a historical beautiful helmet with the upset life of the port.

 
M
useums and galleries
 
  • Museo Archeologico
    • The jewels of the collection are the tombs of Noicattaro and Varrese.

  • Pinacoteca Provinciale
C
athedrals and churches
 
  • Cattedrale
    • It highlights for their style románico pullés of the XI century, for the Diocesan Museum and for the Metropolitan File that it keeps the well-known inscription as "Exultet" of the first half of the XI century.

  • Basilica di San Nicola
    • In this church it is buried from 1087 the pattern of the city San Nicolás. The church was built between 1087 and 1097, following the cánones of the románico pullés, it is really impressive for its simplicity and its grandiosidad.

C
astles and fortress
 
  • Castello
    • In this building of enormous dimensions that still preserve the drawbridge like access form to the interior the Byzantine origins of the city are perceived.

B
uildings and historical squares
 
  • Passeggiata Marittimo Imperatore Augusto
    • This walk takes from the old port until the new one.

  • Palazzo della Prefettura
    • It highlights for their beauty.

  • Teatro Petruzzelli
    • It highlights for their red facade.

P
arks and gardens
 
  • Orto Botanico
    • Botanical garden that has a didactic interesting section.