Barletta

Barletta is a Italian city of approximately: 93000 inhabitants, located in the Province of Bari in the area of the Pouilles, in the southernmost Italy.

Towards 2007 - 2008, Barletta should become (Law of the n° 148 of the June 11th 2004), jointly with Andria and Trani, place chief of a news Province which will bear the name (provisional?) of Barletta-Andria-Trani or Province of Ofanto with BT like codes provincial.

Geography

Barletta is located on the Adriatic Sea at 55 km at the north of Bari.

The city is equipped with a long sand littoral divided into two parts by the commercial port.

History

August 1st

Monuments and inheritance

castle shelters collections of art gallery
colossus Eraclio (large bronze statue)
cathedral and cantina beyond disfida where a challenge was launched by the French captain Guy of the Mound (made captive, which showed Italian of cowardice), between 13 French riders and 13 Italian riders, ordered by Ettore Fieramosca , during the war between the France and the Spain for the control of the south of Italy. This challenge ( disfida in Italian) was gained by the Italians, the February 13rd 1503.

Administration

Hamlets

Montaltino, Fiumara

Communes bordering

Andria, Canosa di Puglia, Margherita di Savoia (FG), San Ferdinando di Puglia (FG), Trani, Trinitapoli (FG)

See too

List of the Italian cities of more than 25.000 inhabitants

External bonds

'' the disfida di Barletta

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