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Barletta
Barletta (; Salentino: ''Varrétte'' or ''Barlétte'') is a city and ''comune'' in Apulia, in southeastern Italy. Barletta is the '' capoluogo'', together with Andria and Trani, of the Province of Barletta-Andria-Trani. It has a population of around 94,700 citizens. The city's territory belongs to the Valle dell'Ofanto. The Ofanto river crosses the countryside and forms the border between the territory of Barletta and that of Margherita di Savoia. The mouth of the river is in the territory of Barletta. The area of Barletta also includes part of the battlefield of Cannae. This is a very important archeological site, remembered for the major battle in 216 BC between the Romans and the Carthaginians, won by Hannibal. The site has been recognised as Città d'Arte (''city of art'') of Apulia in the 2005 for the beautiful architecture. Cannae flourished in the Roman period and then after a series of debilitating Saracen attacks, was finally destroyed by the Normans and then a ...
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Disfida Di Barletta
The Challenge of Barletta (Italian: ''Disfida di Barletta'') was a duel fought in the countryside of Trani, Apulia, Trani, near Barletta, Southern Italy, on 13 February 1503, during the Italian Wars of 1499–1504, Third Italian War, on the plains between Corato and Andria. Overview The tournament was provoked by a French knight Charles de la Motte who, after drinking too much of Rosso Barletta DOC, the local wine, made disparaging remarks about the Italians.The Italian Trade Commission 'Rosso Barletta"'' ItalianMade.Com Accessed: 29 December 2010 It consisted of a mounted tourney between 13 Italians (the most famous being Ettore Fieramosca), who were part of the Spanish army based in Barletta, and 13 French knights who were based in Canosa di Puglia. The Italian knights won the battle, and the French had to pay ransom. Barletta has since acquired the appellation ''Città della Disfida'' (City of the Challenge) as a result. The event inspired a historical novel by the Italian w ...
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Barletta-Andria-Trani
The province of Barletta-Andria-Trani () is a province in the Apulia region of Italy. The establishment of the province took effect in June 2009, and Andria was appointed as its seat of government on 21 May 2010. It was created from 10 ''comuni'' (: ''comune''), which were formerly in the provinces of Bari and Foggia, taking its name from the three cities which share the new province's administrative functions. The total population of the 10 municipalities comprising the new province was 383,018 at the 2001 census. Cities (With populations as of the 2024 census) * Andria (96,678) * Barletta (92,209) * Bisceglie (51,718) * Canosa di Puglia (31,445) * Margherita di Savoia (12,585) * Minervino Murge (10,213) * San Ferdinando di Puglia (14,361) * Spinazzola (7,362) * Trani (53,139) * Trinitapoli (14,448) Government Gallery Image:Castel del Monte - Andria.jpg, Castel del Monte Image:Portale Sant'Agostino Andria.JPG, ''Sant'Agostino'', Andria Image:Porta santan ...
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