Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Barletta, Italy
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2.3 km
37 m
Experience Barletta in Italy in a whole new way with our free self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.
Individual Sights in BarlettaSight 1: Chiesa di San Giacomo
The curate provostry of San Giacomo is one of the oldest churches in Barletta. At the time of construction, the church was located outside the city walls and was located, in a strategic position, on the road to Canne. The current religious building is the result of numerous building overlaps that have taken place over the centuries and of the urban events that have affected the ancient village of San Giacomo in contemporary times.
Sight 2: Teatro Curci
The municipal theater of Barletta, named after the composer Giuseppe Curci, is located in Corso Vittorio Emanuele and constitutes an important cultural container within the city. It is located in the heart of the city, in front of the Palazzo di Città, offering its main front to the north in Corso Vittorio Emanuele and the back to the south in Via Ospedale dei Pellegrini. The Theatre gallery is also part of the complex, located to the east of the theatre structure.
Sight 3: Chiesa di San Gaetano
The church of San Gaetano was founded in the seventeenth century by the order of the Theatines, who arrived in Barletta in the early years of the century. The building complex on which the church stands was already present at the time of its foundation and was home to a small church dedicated to St. Joseph. The church and convent were then transformed, taking its current name in 1667. The church is located along Via Cialdini, a street on which there are numerous other conventual buildings, such as that of San Ruggero, Santa Maria della Vittoria and the Monte di Pietà.
Sight 4: Pinacoteca De Nittis
The Pinacoteca Giuseppe De Nittis is a public gallery of paintings and museum of artworks in the city of Barletta, Italy. The museum displays a range of artistic works connected to the Italian painter Giuseppe de Nittis.
Sight 5: Chiesa Monte di Pietà
The church of the Monte di Pietà, with the adjoining convent, is an ecclesiastical complex located on Via Cialdini in Barletta, dating back to the seventeenth century, initially founded by the Jesuits as a church dedicated to St. Paul. Today it belongs to the confreres of the "Archconfraternity of the Real Monte di Pietà", who gave it its current name. Being private, the church is accessible to the public only on the occasion of the religious services of the Archconfraternity. The adjacent convent, also owned by the Archconfraternity, is now the seat of the prefecture of the province of Barletta-Andria-Trani.
Sight 6: Chiesa di Nazareth
The co-cathedral of Santa Maria di Nazareth, more commonly known as the Church of Nazareth, is a historically important church in the city of Barletta for having been the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Nazareth in Barletta previously to the current cathedral of Santa Maria Maggiore. It is located in Via Nazareth and stands adjacent to the Nazarene Archbishop's Palace, with which it forms a single large complex since this was the bishopric of the archbishops themselves.
Sight 7: Cantina della Sfida
The Challenge of Barletta was a duel fought in the countryside of Trani, near Barletta, Southern Italy, on 13 February 1503, during the Third Italian War, on the plains between Corato and Andria.
Sight 8: Chiesa di Sant'Andrea
The church of Sant'Andrea is a church located on Via Sant'Andrea, in Barletta, close to the city walls, whose location within the historic center is certainly to be considered singular and characterized by a succession of events that have returned the outcome that can be observed today. The building is in fact raised above street level by about five meters and it is possible to access the main access via a staircase that allows you to overcome this considerable difference in height. The side access is located at about the same level as Via Duomo, the main street of the historic center.
Sight 9: Cattedrale di Santa Maria Maggiore
The basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore is the cathedral of Barletta, formerly the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Barletta and now co-cathedral of the Archdiocese of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie. Located in the historic center of the city, at the end of Via Duomo, it is the oldest fulcrum of the city's religious life, as well as its urban cornerstone: the design of the urban fabric shows the centripetal force of its mother church. It is an Italian national monument.
Sight 10: Chiesa di Santa Maria degli Angeli, dei Greci
The church of Santa Maria degli Angeli is a Catholic place of worship located in the territory of the Italian municipality of Barletta in the province of Barletta-Andria-Trani in Puglia.
Wikipedia: Chiesa di Santa Maria degli Angeli (Barletta) (IT)
Sight 11: Basilica di San Domenico
The Basilica of San Domenico is a church located in the historic center of the Italian municipality of Barletta in the province of Barletta-Andria-Trani in Puglia.
Sight 12: Basilica del Santo Sepolcro
The collegiate basilica of the Holy Sepulchre is one of the main churches in Barletta. Since its foundation, the church has maintained a close link with the Holy Land and the tomb of Christ.
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