Discovering Altamura
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( grapes and figs mustazzéle paste biscuits and cookies made of boiled boiled of made cookies and biscuits paste UNIONE EUROPEA 12. Palazzo Cagnazzi special interest inside the church are a marble altar 26. aRCHiVe, liBRaRy and CiViC MUseUM 33. CHURCH oF sant’agostino - st. aUgUstine Churches, 18th century made by C. Trinchese in 1765 and a late 16th century This important cultural institution hosts one of the 16th – 18th centuries The rooms on the first floor of the palazzo, now a painted wooden Crucifix. richest libraries in the province of Bari, a fascinating The church was built on the site of the ancient hotel, still have their original fresco decoration. historical archive, paintings of the 16th to 18th chapel of San Bartolomeo or St. Bartholomew in Palaces, Monuments 20. MonasteRy oF s. MaRia del soccoRso centuries along with modern works by artists from 1570, but only the bottom part of its façade was 13. Palazzo Castelli - ST. MaRy oF sUCCoUR - and CHURCH oF s. Altamura, and a substantial collection of other ever completed. Pillars and broad pilasters with 16th – 17th centuries FRanCesCo da Paola - ST. FRanCis oF Paola museum exhibits. composite capitals adorn the sides of the façade, The palazzo, in which the Castelli family has lived 16th – 18th centuries while a large arched window with a shell at its POlO mUSEAlE and Museums without a break since it was built, is remarkable The convent, consecrated in 1596 and extended in 27. CHURCH oF s. MaRia della Consolazione base graces its centre. The simple portal has an dEllA PUglIA for its fine portal and elegant balustrade sporting 1640–2, still has its cloister and large garden; the - oUR lady oF Consolation architrave with the date of construction engraved on the family crest. The family chapel beside it is marble cladding, stucco work, wooden doors to the 17th – 20th centuries it and the city’s arms carved in low relief below. The MUSEO 1. CatHedRal 6. MonUMent to tHe MaRtyRs oF 1799 dedicated to Santa Maria della Vittoria or St. Mary chancel and the altarpiece by Andrea Miglionico The church, built by the Confraternita di San Vito interior, on a Greek cross plan in the late Baroque FONdO EUROPEO 13th – 19th centuries The monument was designed by sculptor of Victory. adorn the interior of the 18th century church, built on or Confraternity of St. Vitus in the 17th century, was style, is adorned with 18th century polychrome NAZIONALE dI SvIlUPPO REgIONAlE th PO FESR PUglIA 2007-2013 The cathedral was founded at the same time as the Arnaldo Zocchi to mark the first centenary of the a Greek cross plan.