Bariexperience.com | The Cathedral of San Sabino in the heart of Bari Vecchia, the historic center of Bari, Puglia. See and visit the splendid cathedral of San Sabino, the church with its bell tower on the ancient village of Bari. Church Puglia, Italy.

An example of Romanesque in Puglia: the Cathedral of San Sabino and the bell tower overlooking Bari Vecchia

The Cathedral of San Sabino is one of the most characteristic examples of the Romanesque style in Puglia .
Also visible from afar thanks to an imposing bell tower, so important that it is present in many images depicting Bari , this Cathedral was built around the 13th century, is located near the Castello Svevo , precisely at the gates of Bari Vecchia , and is the episcopal seat of the Catholic archdiocese of Bari-Bitonto.

The church , with a style very similar to that of the Basilica of San Nicola , has undergone a series of renovations, demolitions and structural modifications over time, including the removal of some Baroque style .

Today the church is much visited by tourists both for its beauty and for its historical testimony; it preserves important elements of Bari's thousand-year history ; in fact in the sub-corps of the cathedral it is possible to visit the remains of an ancient Byzantine cathedral, streets from the Roman , frescoes and small structures of the time; a story within a story.

In fact, the basement of the church is the second stage of the " Bari Sotterranea " , a cultural journey aimed at discovering Byzantine remains, burial grounds, very ancient houses, shops and wells of inestimable historical value present in the subsoil of the ancient village of Bari .