If you are here to find out what to visit in bari, you are in the right place, we dedicate this article to the peculiarities and beauties of the capital of Puglia. Let's start from the city, divided into municipalities and with a seafront that hosts a tourist and ancient port and a modern port that meets the needs of both tourism and commerce. The history of Bari is ancient, the first groups of inhabitants settled in the area before the Greco-Roman era and began with a process of reclamation and agriculture to create the foundations of the ancient and modern city. The most medieval, Norman and Byzantine part of the city is found in the San Nicola district, also known as the "Ancient City". In this area of the city we find the Norman-Swabian Castle, built in 1132 under Norman rule and passed in the following centuries to other kings and important noble families, starting from Frederick II of Sweden up to the Kings of Naples. Together with the Castle of Bari, there are visits to the two most important churches, the Basilica of San Nicola, a meeting point between the different European Christian faiths (Orthodox, Byzantine and Catholic), the Cathedral of San Sabino built on the remains of a Byzantine cathedral of which it preserves memory both in the architecture, particularly in the crypt, and in the works and parchments kept. The Cathedral of San Sabino is the seat of the Catholic archdiocese of Bari-Bitonto.
The delights of Apulian cuisine
Puglia is traditionally a region of sailors, farmers and traders who exploit the centrality of the Adriatic to establish commercial relations with other European and European cultures and regions, the construction of empires after Ancient Rome, the evolution of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, the historical and urban reconstruction from 900 to today has added industry and various services also aimed at tourism. The main recipes of Puglia cuisine, famous throughout the world, recall the simplicity of the ingredients and the mastery especially in the dough and in the combinations of spices and aromas. The light or fruity Puglia oil is a symbol of a cuisine linked to the land and agriculture. From the culinary tradition of Bari we mention the focaccia prepared with boiled potatoes and mother yeast, it is stuffed with cherry tomatoes and Cerignola olives. This ancient recipe is followed by bread meatballs, frise, stuffed aubergines, orecchiette with turnip tops, pasta with green beans.
The seaside
These delicacies can be enjoyed both in the ancient streets of the city and on the seafront that hosts restaurants, bars, refreshment points, markets and local shops where you can enjoy street food delights, typical dishes and also good blue fish or shellfish and mussel soups. From the seafront you can admire unforgettable shades and sunsets, walking along the tourist port and photographing the natural inlets, some typical of the Apulian coast, others characteristic.
The Barese dialect, the theatre and the cinema
You cannot visit Bari without listening to its unmistakable and important dialect, used by comedians and actors to enhance their shows but also an important linguistic peculiarity. The Bari dialect, in fact, is a meeting of sounds and nuances so particular that it redefines the Bari dialect as a real language, in its conformation there are linguistic elements of the peoples and nations that have occupied the Bari region or of the cultures encountered for commercial and political purposes, in particular Indo-European Balkan, Swabian, Spanish, Arabic, Greek, French and Latin. The main street of Bari is Corso Vittorio Emanuele II which hosts the Palazzo Comunale. Bari is the hometown of many actors and singers such as Checco Zalone and Anna Oxa.
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