POI data

General information
Concattedrale di Santa Maria Maggiore
Church, ruined church, chapel, temple
Catholic
no
The building is located in the heart of the old village. It is the result of the ancient strata, who have seen the accumulation of burial caves of the third century BC, an early Christian basilica of the sixth century with additions made ​​in the early medieval ninth century, and finally the upper building, consisting of two parts quite distinct: the front half of the twelfth century - the century in which the bell tower was built - and the Romanesque style, and the back made ​​the fourteenth century Gothic style. The facade is rich in Romanesque and Gothic design elements, with a central portal rebuilt in modern neoclassical style. Inside, the upper church was divided into three aisles by six columns, and presents galleries and chapels on the south wall there is an area priestly tabernacle behind which opens the chorus, with square pillars with a groin vault in the nave central and barrel on the side.
Celebrations of Our Lady Assumed into Heaven (12-14 August)
Location
Via Duomo 52
Barletta
76121
Italy
Puglia
41.3205
16.2860
18.74
Contact
Archdiocese of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie
0883 / 578111
Archdiocese of TRANI-BARLETTA-BISCEGLIE
Additional information
Good
Scheduled visit
Good
High
International
Good
Religious tourism,Cultural tourism
cathedral,cultural attraction,Gothic,MEDIEVAL,Neoclassical,Romanesque