BARI, that, in the aspect that prevails, is a great modern city. Founded on preRoman time, whose old nucleus has, in center, a wonderful group of romanicas iglesitas that survives with its intact atmosphere, its raised pequenas, the stairs, the walls, in a compact one and pequeno gathered medieval suburb in a pequena peninsula which the port divides in two with, to the center, three churches: the Cathedral, of bizantina architecture (1034-1062), reconstructed in style Romanesque pulles in 1292, spoiled by a baroque architect whom silly stunt the facade; their beautiful frames but are one of the sides and apse, on which the noble cupola rises; in interior, released of annoying stuccos that disfigured it it has acquired his original nobility of forms; beautiful fabrics venetas. Continuing by the characteristics small streets of the suburb, it is arrived at San Nicholas, the first and but important church that I raise in Pulla after the domination normanda. It is prototype of the numerous and beautiful pullesas cathedrals of he himself period. Begun in 1087 it was consecrated in 1197; Romanesque pulles feels some bizantino influence. The facade, huge and simple, has a medium vestibule of forms almost lombardas. Interior with riquisimo cimborrio (century XII) of the greater altar; wonderful episcopal chair (century XI) of abbot Elias, gorgeous table (1476) of Bartolomeo Vivarini, burial chapels, monuments. Next to San Nicholas, San Gregorio, romanica, with beautiful facade to three vestibules. From here, we descend towards the Port and, at two steps, we arrived at Trieste Privateering, that we cross until the majestic Castle erected by Federico II in 1233. Not far from here in the Palace of the Province (Lungomar Nazario Sauro), the Provincial Pinacoteca, beautiful fabric collection, mainly venetas; works of G. Bellini, Vivarini, Tintoretto, Verones, Bordone, some pictures of seven hundred French school and six hundred and meridional. In the opposed part of the new city, next to the station, the Archaeological Museum (Plaza Humberto I). Maintaining always our base in Bari, we will dedicate to the twelfth day of our trip to a singular excursion throughout maximum testimonianzas of civilization and architecture scattered by the coast and in the near interior. From Bari, towards the west, we arrived at 14 km to BITETTO, and 3 km beyond, to Wood of the Colle, pueblecillos that contain gorgeous churches. To 5 km of Wood of the Colle, BITONTO, with but the harmonious pullesa, intact Cathedral in its forms; of the facade to the sides, the recoleta cripta, one of the complete ms ace creations of the Italian arquitetura, Bitonto, 13 km to Terlizzi, with the Oratorio of the Rosary ('200); other 4 km take to RUVO I GAVE PUGLIA, with the splendid Cathedral of high facade and esbelta, with elegantisima bifora and rosette. Twenty-six kilometers of straight line by a parallel highway to the sea and we arrived at ANDRIA, one of but populated cities of the Pulla, with churches of San Francisco and Santo Domingo, both with gorgeous vestibules (inside a second bust of Franciso Laurana, 1442). From Andria we arrived at the coast, to BARLETTA.