The City of Bari

Bari is after Neaples the second biggest city in South Italy and the capital of both the Region of Apulia (Puglia) and the Province of Bari (BA). It lies 4 m above sea level and the city counts about 331.000 inhabitans (1998). Bari is a coastal city with a long history of trading and is a junction of traffic between Central Europe and Greece.

It is also a industrial center (petrol, chemicals, and shipbuilding) and hosts the annual trade fair Fiera del Levante. Bari has a University of more than 40.000 students and is the home of an archbishop.

Today Bari is divded in 17 quaters which are grouped in 9 districts: (1) Santo Spirito and Palese Macchie, (2) San Paolo and Stanic, (3) Picone and Poggiofranco, (4) Loseto, Ceglie, and Carbonara (5) Torre a Mare and Japigia, (6) Carassi and San Pasquale, (7) Madonella, (8) Libertà, Marconi, S. Girolamo-Fesca, S. Cataldo (9) San Nicola and Murat.

Furthermore the city is divided in three parts. The quater of San Nicola from the New port to Corso Vitt. Emanuele II is called the old city, the Murat quater up to the Station or Via Capruzzi is called the new city, and the remaining ones, except for the outlying quaters like Torre a Mare and Palese Macchie, make up the so called modern city.

Bari has a beautiful old city (città vecchia)....

view at the Fortino, Via Venezia

and a eventful history ...

Piece of an ancient roman street
in Piazza Ferrarese, behind the old fish market