Bari

Bari , Italian:  ; metropolitan area has 1.3 million inhabitants.

Bari is presents up of four different urban sections. To a north is a closely built old town on the peninsula between two modern harbours, with the Basilica of Saint Nicholas, the Cathedral of San Sabino 1035–1171 as alive as the Hohenstaufen Castle built for Frederick II, which is now also a major nightlife district. To the south is the Murat quarter erected by Joachim Murat, the advanced heart of the city, which is laid out on a rectangular grid-plan with a promenade on the sea and the major shopping district the via Sparano together with via Argiro.

Modern residential zones surrounding the centre of Bari were built during the 1960s and 1970s replacing the old suburbs that had developed along roads splaying outwards from gates in the city walls. In addition, the outer suburbs developed rapidly during the 1990s. The city has a redeveloped airport, Karol Wojtyła Airport, with connections to several European cities.

Architectural landmarks

The Altamura, and the church of Monte Sant'Angelo sul Gargano.

Bari Cathedral, committed to Saint Sabinus of Canosa San Sabino, was begun in Byzantine style in 1034, but was destroyed in the sack of the city of 1156. A new building was thus built between 1170 and 1178, partially inspired by that of San Nicola. Of the original edifice, only traces of the pavement are today visible in the transept.

An example of Apulian Romanesque architecture, the church has a simple Romanesque façade with three portals; in the upper part is a rose window decorated with monstruous and fantasy figures. The interior has a nave and two aisles, divided up by sixteen columns with arcades. The crypt houses the relics of Saint Sabinus and the icon of the Madonna Odigitria.

The interior and the façade were redecorated in Baroque brand during the 18th century, but these additions were removed in a 1950s restoration.

The Petruzzelli Theatre, founded in 1903, hosted different forms of exist entertainment, or nineteenth century “Politeama”. The theatre was any but destroyed in a fire on October 27, 1991. It was reopened in October 2009, after 18 years.

The Norman-Hohenstaufen Castle, widely so-called as the Castello Svevo Swabian Castle, was built by Roger II of Sicily around 1131. Destroyed in 1156, it was rebuilt by Frederick II of Hohenstaufen. The castle now serves as a gallery for a vintage of temporary exhibitions in the city.

The Pinacoteca Provinciale di Bari Provincial Picture Gallery of Bari is the near important art gallery in Apulia. It was first develop in 1928 and contains numerous paintings from the 15th century up to the days of contemporary art.

The Russian Church of Saint Nicholas, in the Carrassi district of Bari, was built in the early 20th century to welcome Russian pilgrims who came to the city to visit the church of Saint Nicholas in the old city where the relics of the saint remain.

The city council and Italian national government were recently involved in a trade-off with the Putin government in Moscow, exchanging the portion of land on which the church stands, for, albeit indirectly, a military barracks near Bari's central railway station.

Barivecchia, or Old Bari, is a sprawl of streets and passageways creating up the ingredient of the city to the north of the modern Murat area. Barivecchia was until fairly recently considered a ] A large-scale redevelopment schedule began with a new sewerage system, followed by the coding of the two leading squares, Piazza Mercantile and Piazza Ferrarese.