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Timeline Of Bari
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Bari in the Apulia region of Italy. Prior to 15th century * 450 - Roman Catholic diocese of Bari established (approximate date). * 847 - Establishment of Emirate of Bari. * 852 - Emirate of Bari headquartered in city. * 871 - Fall of Bari to the forces of the Frankish Emperor Louis and his Lombard and Croatian allies. * 885 - Bari becomes "residence of the Byzantine governor." * 1002 - City besieged by "a Sicilian force under Safi." * 1035 - Cathedral of San Sabino construction begins. * 1068/71 - Siege of Bari by Norman forces. * 1087 - Basilica di San Nicola construction begins (approximate date). * 1095 - Peter the Hermit preaches the First Crusade. * 1098 - Religious council held in Bari. * 1136 - City taken by forces of Lothair II, Holy Roman Emperor. * 1155 - Manuel I Komnenos in power. * 1156 - Bari sacked by forces of William I of Sicily. * 1171 - Cathedral of San Sabino construction completed. * 1197 - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Italy after Naples. It is a port and university city, as well as the city of Saint Nicholas. The city itself has a population of 315,284 inhabitants, over , while the urban area has 750,000 inhabitants. The metropolitan area has 1.3 million inhabitants. Bari is made up of four different urban sections. To the north is the closely built old town on the peninsula between two modern harbours, with the Basilica of Saint Nicholas, the Cathedral of San Sabino (1035–1171) and the Hohenstaufen Castle built for Frederick II, which is now also a major nightlife district. To the south is the Murat quarter (erected by Joachim Murat), the modern heart of the city, which is laid out on a rectangular grid-plan with a promenade on the sea and the majo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giovanni Bozzuto
Giovanni Bozzuto (also spelled Buzzuto), known as Giovannello (fl. 1384–1423), was a Neapolitan nobleman and diplomat who served as the captain of Bari from 1399 until 1414. Giovanni was born into a prominent noble family at Naples in the second half of the 14th century. His brother was Palamede Bozzuto. Their father, Nicola, was a brother of the Archbishop Ludovico Bozzuto. He should not be confused with the Giovanni Bozzuto whose father was Lisolo and who was a captain under King Ladislaus and a counsellor to Queen Joan II. Giovanni is first mentioned in 1384, when he fought in Apulia for Charles of Durazzo against Duke Louis I of Anjou, both claimants to the Neapolitan throne. In 1394, he accompanied Ladislaus, Charles's son, to Rome when he was seeking Pope Boniface IX's assistance against Louis II of Anjou. By then he held the lordship of Fratta Piccola and as such probably took part in the battle that took place between Ladislaus and Louis's forces at nearby Aversa in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Europa Publications
Routledge () is a British multinational publisher. It was founded in 1836 by George Routledge, and specialises in providing academic books, journals and online resources in the fields of the humanities, behavioural science, education, law, and social science. The company publishes approximately 1,800 journals and 5,000 new books each year and their backlist encompasses over 70,000 titles. Routledge is claimed to be the largest global academic publisher within humanities and social sciences. In 1998, Routledge became a subdivision and imprint of its former rival, Taylor & Francis Group (T&F), as a result of a £90-million acquisition deal from Cinven, a venture capital group which had purchased it two years previously for £25 million. Following the merger of Informa and T&F in 2004, Routledge became a publishing unit and major imprint within the Informa "academic publishing" division. Routledge is headquartered in the main T&F office in Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Gazzetta Del Mezzogiorno
''La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno'' (lit. "Gazette of the South") is an Italian daily newspaper, founded in 1887 in Bari, Italy. It is one of the leading newspapers published in Southern Italy, with most of its readers living in Apulia and Basilicata. ''La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno'' suspended its publication temporarily on 1 August 2021 due to financial crisis and court proceedings against its owner, Mario Ciancio Sanfilippo. The newspaper resumed publications on 19 February 2022. History and profile ''Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno'' was first published on 1 November 1887 in Bari, Italy, by the magazine editor Martino Cassano to fill the niche for a local newspaper in Bari despite Apulia's high rate of illiteracy; it measured at 70% in 1905. Originally published as the ''Corriere delle Puglie'', its current title began to be used by editor Raphael Gorjux on 26 February 1928. The editor-in-chief of ''Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno'' was Giuseppe de Tomaso until 2021. Since the 1990s the paper h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Port Of Bari
The Port of Bari ( it, Porto di Bari) is a port serving Bari, southeastern Italy. The port of Bari is traditionally considered Europe's door to the Balkan Peninsula and the Middle East, and is a multipurpose port able to meet all operational requirements. Among the largest ports on the Adriatic, in 2012 the port of Bari handled about 2 million passengers, of which about 650,000 were cruise passengers. Cruise ship companies operating at the port include AIDA, Costa Crociere, MSC Crociere, Phoenix Reisen, Celebrity Cruises and Royal Caribbean International Royal Caribbean International (RCI), also formerly known as Royal Caribbean Cruise Line (RCCL), is a cruise line brand founded in 1968 in Norway and organised as a wholly owned subsidiary of Royal Caribbean Group since 1997. Based in Miami, Flo .... After the fall of the Western Empire, the Greeks had control of Bari. References {{coord, 41, 7, 48, N, 16, 51, 0, E, display=title Ports and harbours of Italy Bari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bari–Taranto Railway
The Bari–Taranto railway is an Italian long railway line, that connects Bari with Gioia del Colle and Taranto. The line was opened in two stages between 1865 and 1868. On 1 June 1865 the section from Bari to Gioia del Colle opened; the line was further extended on 15 September 1868 to Taranto. Route upgrade Work has been carried out to upgrade and double the line since 1994. The first section opened on 31 May 1994 between Acquaviva delle Fonti and Bitetto. On 14 September 1997 the double track between Gioia del Colle and Palagianello opened. The line was rerouted which saw the closure of stations in Caratini, San Basilio and in Castellaneta town centre. On 20 December 2004 the line was doubled between Acquaviva delle Fonti and Gioia del Colle, and on 27 May 2007 between Palagiano and Bellavista. On 22 June 2008 the line was doubled between Grottalupara and Palagiano, which included a new alignment avoiding the centre of Palagianello and the opening of a new station. O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bari Centrale Railway Station
Bari Centrale is the main railway station of the Italian city of Bari, capital of Apulia. It is one of the most important railway stations in Italy, with an annual ridership of 14 million. History The station was first built in 1864 and between 1865 and 1906 5 more platforms were added. In the first half of the 20th century it was further enlarged and renewed and in 1946, after World War II, the most recent renovation project was started. Structure and transport Bari Centrale lies in the middle of the city, at Aldo Moro square (''Piazza Aldo Moro''). It is a large junction station with 16 platforms for passenger service (13 for FS trains, 3 for FSE). The station is situated on the lines Ancona-Pescara-Bari-Lecce (FS), Bari-Taranto (FS), Bari-Martina Franca-Taranto (FSE). The station is divided into 3 areas. The main station is used by Trenitalia and FSE and features 16 platforms. On the west side of ''Piazza Aldo Moro'' are the entrances to the Ferrotramviaria and Fer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingdom Of Italy
The Kingdom of Italy ( it, Regno d'Italia) was a state that existed from 1861, when Victor Emmanuel II of Kingdom of Sardinia, Sardinia was proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy, proclaimed King of Italy, until 1946, when civil discontent led to an 1946 Italian institutional referendum, institutional referendum to abandon the monarchy and form the modern Italy, Italian Republic. The state resulted from a decades-long process, the ''Italian unification, Risorgimento'', of consolidating the different states of the Italian Peninsula into a single state. That process was influenced by the House of Savoy, Savoy-led Kingdom of Sardinia, which can be considered Italy's legal Succession of states, predecessor state. Italy Third Italian War of Independence, declared war on Austrian Empire, Austria in alliance with Kingdom of Prussia, Prussia in 1866 and received the region of Veneto following their victory. Italian troops Capture of Rome, entered Rome in 1870, ending Papal States, more tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teatro Piccinni
Teatro Piccinni is a theatre in the city of Bari, Apulia on the east coast of Italy. It was founded in 1854 and opened on 30 May of that year. It was named in honor of eighteenth-century composer Niccolò Piccinni Niccolò Piccinni (; 16 January 1728 – 7 May 1800) was an Italian composer of symphonies, sacred music, chamber music, and opera. Although he is somewhat obscure today, Piccinni was one of the most popular composers of opera—particularly th ... who was born in Bari. References Theatres completed in 1854 Theatres in Apulia 1854 establishments in Italy Buildings and structures in Bari {{italy-theat-struct-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Cultural Heritage And Activities And Tourism (Italy)
The Ministry of Culture ( it, Ministero della Cultura - MiC) is the ministry of the Government of Italy in charge of national museums and the ''monuments historiques''. MiC's headquarters are located in the historic Collegio Romano Palace (via del Collegio Romano 27, in central Rome) and the current Minister of Culture is Gennaro Sangiuliano. History It was set up in 1974 as the Ministry for Cultural Assets and Environments ( it, Ministero per i Beni Culturali ed Ambientali) by the Moro IV Cabinet through the decree read on 14 December 1974, n. 657, converted (with changes) from the law of 29 January 1975, n° 5. The new ministry (defined as — that is ''for'' cultural assets, showing the wish to create a mainly technical organ) largely has the remit and functions previously under the Ministry of Public Education (specifically its Antiquity and Fine Arts, and Academies and Libraries, sections). To this remit and functions it some of those of the Ministry of the Interior ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of State Archives Of Italy
The consists of numerous repositories located in the capital city of each of the provinces of Italy, along with several additional local sub-branches ("sezione"). It is overseen by a central office which is part of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism in Rome. The following list is arranged by administrative macroregion and region. List of State Archives by region Centre Lazio * Archivio di Stato di Frosinone ** Sezione di Archivio di Stato di Anagni-Guarcino * Archivio di Stato di Latina * Archivio di Stato di Rieti * * Archivio di Stato di Viterbo Marche * Archivio di Stato di Ancon** Sezione di Archivio di Stato di Fabriano * Archivio di Stato di Ascoli Piceno * Archivio di Stato di Fermo * Archivio di Stato di Macerata ** Sezione di Archivio di Stato di Camerino * Archivio di Stato di Pesaro ** Sezione di Archivio di Stato di Fano ** Sezione di Archivio di Stato di Urbino Tuscany * Archivio di Stato di Arezzo * Archivio di Stato di Firenze, Flore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip II Of Spain
Philip II) in Spain, while in Portugal and his Italian kingdoms he ruled as Philip I ( pt, Filipe I). (21 May 152713 September 1598), also known as Philip the Prudent ( es, Felipe el Prudente), was King of Spain from 1556, King of Portugal from 1580, and King of Naples and Sicily from 1554 until his death in 1598. He was '' jure uxoris'' King of England and Ireland from his marriage to Queen Mary I in 1554 until her death in 1558. He was also Duke of Milan from 1540. From 1555, he was Lord of the Seventeen Provinces of the Netherlands. The son of Emperor Charles V and Isabella of Portugal, Philip inherited his father's Spanish Empire in 1556 and succeeded to the Portuguese throne in 1580 following a dynastic crisis. The Spanish conquests of the Inca Empire and of the Philippines, named in his honor by Ruy López de Villalobos, were completed during his reign. Under Philip II, Spain reached the height of its influence and power, sometimes called the Spanish Golden Age, and r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
