Sannicandro di Bari (
Barese: ) is a town and ''
comune
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'' in the
Metropolitan City of Bari
The Metropolitan City of Bari ( it, Città Metropolitana di Bari) is a Metropolitan cities of Italy, metropolitan city in the Apulia region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Bari. It replaced the Province of Bari and includes the city of Bari a ...
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Apulia
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, southern
Italy
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Main sights
The main attraction of Sannicandro is the
Hohenstaufen-Norman castle, located in the centre of the city. It is composed of two structures one within the other: the first one was built by the
Byzantines in 916, with a line of walls in stone with six quadrangular towers. After the
Norman conquest of
Bari
Bari ( , ; nap, label= Barese, Bare ; lat, Barium) is the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Bari and of the Apulia region, on the Adriatic Sea, southern Italy. It is the second most important economic centre of mainland Southern Ital ...
in 1071, the castle was restored. During the reign in Sicily of
Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor
Frederick II (German: ''Friedrich''; Italian: ''Federico''; Latin: ''Federicus''; 26 December 1194 – 13 December 1250) was King of Sicily from 1198, King of Germany from 1212, King of Italy and Holy Roman Emperor from 1220 and King of Jer ...
(1198-1250), the structure was adapted for use as a castle.
Other sights include:
*Church of Santa Maria Assunta
*Monumento ai caduti
References
External links
Cities and towns in Apulia
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