Bari is the capital city of the Apulia region, on the Adriatic

sea, in Italy, second most important economic centre of

mainland Southern Italy, after Naples.

Bari is well known as a port and a university city, as well as the city of Saint

Nicholas. The city itself has a population of about

320,475.

As Napoleonic King of Naples, Murat ordered the building in 1813 of a new section of the city, laid out on a rational grid plan, which bears his

name today as the Murattiano. Under this stimulus, Bari developed into the most important port city of

the region.

Fizzarotti Palace is located in Corso Vittorio Emanuele

and is a fine example of Venetian-style. From the

architectural point of view, Fizzarotti Palace is one of

the most interesting buildings of Bari.

It was built in two periods: the ground floor and the

first floor were built in the second half of the

nineteenth century, while the other floors were added

to the beginning of the twentieth century

In the heart of Murat, Aldo Forcignanò

developed in 1923 a spectacular project with corner solution for the

building, which still retains a clear

commercial purposes.

The facade is a jumble of columns, pilasters, rusticated, Ionic capitals and gargoyles among which develop many windows. The interiors are

richly decorated Liberty, are dominated by a monumental staircase and illuminated by glass dome which dominates

the building.

It was a convent that the Domenicans had to

leave when the king G.Murat suppressed

their order.

The building was renovated in late 1860.

It’s a typical nineteenth- century of Bari.

This building was designed by architect

Saverio Dioguardi and opened in 1935.

For the coating of the facades was used Trani stone alternating bricks.The tower, with clock,

initially set to a height of 48,50 meters, was

then raised an additional 14 meters.

Designed in 1924 by the engineer Cesare

Brunetti, the building of the Aqueduct of Bari

was completed in 1932.

The prevailing style is Romanesque, chosen

because of its consistency with the local tradition. The furniture and the

decorations inspire at the theme of water.

The building was started in 1926 to a

design of the engineer Accolti Gil, covering an

area of 3,000 meters. Built on four levels, as

well as in the basement, has elements of value, such as the public hall

with art noveau windows and staircase

leading down to the vault. The building was inaugurated in 1932. In

front of the Bank of Italy was made a

beatiful fountain which embellishes Corso

Cavour,one of the most important street of

Bari.

Petruzzelli theatre is the largest theatre of city of Bari and the fourth Italian theatre by size.

Onofrio and Antonio Petruzzelli presented the design for the theatre to the city of Bari. The proposal for building the

Petruzzelli was accepted and, on 29 January 1896, a contract was signed between the family and the city

administration. Two years later, in October 1898, work began and it ended in 1903. The theatre

was inaugurated on

Saturday, 14 February 1903

with Meyerbeer’s

Les Huguenots.

Piccinni theatre is the oldest theatre of Bari. Cause of the fire in 1991 that destroyed Petruzzelli theatre, was for nearly twenty years the most important theatre of

Bari for both capacity and tradition.In 1955 it was named after the composer N. Piccinni.

Margherita theatre was built between 1912 and 1914 in the bend of the

old port based on pillars in the sea. The structure

of this theatre was designed in Art

Nouveau by F. De Giglio. The inauguration

of theatre as the Kursaal Margherita took place in August

1914. In the second half of the twenties the

theatre was isolated from the sea.