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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.