. Southern Italy and Sicily, with excursions to Malta, Sardinia, Tunis, and Corfu : handbook for travellers . J — TT.—^. eogr knsxSix Ton TVa^ner <t De1)es,I<eipzi| to Brindisi. BARI. M. Route. 229 history it is frequently mentioned as the seat of the Byzantinegovernor and as the scene of contests between Saracens, Greeks, andNormans, etc. In 1002 it was wrested from the Saracens hy theVenetians, and its capture in 1071 by Robert Guiscard finallydetached it from the Eastern Roman Empire. William the Baddestroyed the town in 1156, but William the Good restored it in1169. Bari was an indep
. Southern Italy and Sicily, with excursions to Malta, Sardinia, Tunis, and Corfu : handbook for travellers . J — TT.—^. eogr knsxSix Ton TVa^ner <t De1)es,I<eipzi| to Brindisi. BARI. M. Route. 229 history it is frequently mentioned as the seat of the Byzantinegovernor and as the scene of contests between Saracens, Greeks, andNormans, etc. In 1002 it was wrested from the Saracens hy theVenetians, and its capture in 1071 by Robert Guiscard finallydetached it from the Eastern Roman Empire. William the Baddestroyed the town in 1156, but William the Good restored it in1169. Bari was an independent duchy from the 14th cent, downto 1588, when it was united with the kingdom of Naples. The Via Sparano da Bari leads to the N. from the station (PI. C,D, 7), crossing the Piazza Umberto Primo, where a monument toKing Humbert, by Fil. Cifariello, was erected in 1905. On the leftstands the Ateneo (PI. C, 6), containing a technical school and theProvincial Museum (Director, Dr. Nitti diVito; printed guide, 30 c). The Corridor contains architectural fragments, parts of the old cathedralpulpit and ciborium, a head
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