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Basilica di San Nicola
Heading north up Strade del Carmine will bring you to the doorstep of the Basilica di San Nicola , the first great Norman church in the south and the template for the restrained Puglian-Romanesque style that informed the architecture of so many of the region's churches. Its solid hulk sits astride four piazze known as the Corti del Catapano, as it's thought that the Byzantine governor's (catapan's) palace was once sited here.
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Castello Svevo
Sprawling Castello Svevo is one of a string of castles that dominate Apulian towns and ports. It started life as a Roman fort but was quickly incorporated by the Byzantines into a more complex system of fortification in the 11th century. It's located just outside the old city walls which it would have shielded from attack, whilst later also serving to keep wayward townspeople in check and impress on them the might of Norman imperial power.
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Cattedrale San Sabino
Just north of Strada Lamberti, the tortuous alleyways open out into Largo San Sabino where you're faced with the huge construct that makes up the Museo Diocesano and the Cattedrale San Sabino. Most people assume that the Basilica of San Nicola is Bari's main cathedral but this pearly white church dedicated to Bishop San Sabino is really the main seat of worship.
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Palazzo del Sedile
The Palazzo del Sedile has been much altered over time. It was the medieval headquarters of Bari's Council of Nobles.
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Palazzo Simi
Since 1999 Bari's Archaeological Operations Centre has been housed in Palazzo Simi, and until the new archaeological museum opens its doors in Santa Scolastica, the small archaeological exhibition here provides a reasonable idea of the city's history.
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Piazza del Ferrarese
Piazza del Ferrarese, named after the Ferrara merchant Stefano Fabri who lived here in the 17th century, provides an elegant entrance to the old town. On your left are the rounded arches of Sala Murat which holds minor contemporary art exhibitions, and on your right is the old indoor fish market. The piazza is lined with bars and cafés, an old section of roman road roped off in the middle. To the north it merges imperceptibly into another set-piece piazza, Piazza Mercantile.
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Piazza Mercantile
To the north of Piazza del Ferrarese it merges imperceptibly into another set-piece piazza, Piazza Mercantile, historically the political centre of the old town and an important public space. It contains the Palazzo del Sedile (much altered over time), the medieval headquarters of Bari's Council of Nobles, and the Colonna della Giustizia (Column of Justice), to which debtors were tied and lashed.
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Porta dei Leoni
Heading north up Strade del Carmine will bring you to the doorstep of the Basilica di San Nicola, the first great Norman church in the south and the template for the restrained Puglian-Romanesque style that informed the architecture of so many of the region's churches.
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