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Events Barletta
Wednesday 26 July 2017
Pinacoteca De Nittis
Category: Attractions
Time: all year
The museum, entirely dedicated to Giuseppe De Nittis, exhibits a collection of paintings by the great painter of Barletta donated to the city by his wife Léontine Gruvelle. The halls also host temporary exhibitions.
Where: Palazzo della Marra
City: Barletta
Colosso di Barletta
Category: Attractions
Time: all year
It is a large bronze statue of four and a half meters, dating back to the 5th century AD. According to recent studies it depicts the Byzantine emperor Theodosius II. The clue is provided by a jewel of visigothic art visible on the statue, attributable to Elia Eudossia, daughter of a general and mother of Theodosius II.
City: Barletta
Barletta Cathedral
Category: Attractions
Time: all year
The cathedral, begun in 1126 and completed in the course of the 14th century, has Romanesque forms in the front and Gothic in the rear. The rich interior decoration includes an interesting cobory of the twelfth century and a stone baptismal font from the 13th century.
City: Barletta
Castello di Barletta
Category: Attractions
Time: all year
Built by the Normans in the second half of the twelfth century, it underwent transformations in the Aragonese era and later, by order of Charles V, fortified with bastions. Today it houses the Municipal Library and the Civic Museum.
City: Barletta
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