POI data

General information
Chiesa e convento di S. Francesco d'Assisi
Monastery
Catholic
no
Located in the historic centre. It was founded 1283 by Charles of Anjou. Home of the Franciscan Minor Conventual until 1866. Since 1994, it houses the Centre of research of History and Art of Bitonto. In the monastery there is the Diocesan Library Section-Bitonto. The building is in Romanesque-Gothic style. It houses: Renaissance and Baroque chapels and altars, sculptures in late medieval chancel. The domes are of the mid-nineteenth-century. The convent and the cloister of the XV century.
Location
Via Ferrante Aiporti
Bitonto
70032
Italy
Puglia
41.1054
16.6913
115.52
Contact
Franciscan Minor Conventual
080 3714544
Archdiocese of Bari-Bitonto
Additional information
Good
Scheduled visit
Medium
National
Good
Religious tourism,Cultural tourism
Baroque,Franciscan,Monastery