![]() ![]() The city was conquered and the emirate extinguished in 871 following five-year campaign by Emperor Louis II, assisted by a Byzantine fleet. įor 20 years, Bari was the centre of the Emirate of Bari the city was captured by its first emirs Kalfun in 847, who had been part of the mercenary garrison installed there by Radelchis I of Benevento. The slaves were mostly captured by Venice from Dalmatia, the Holy Roman Empire from what is now Prussia and Poland, and the Byzantines from elsewhere in the Balkans, and were generally destined for other parts of the Byzantine Empire and (most frequently) the Muslim states surrounding the Mediterranean: the Abbasid Caliphate, the Umayyad Caliphate of Córdoba, the Emirate of Sicily, and the Fatimid Caliphate (which relied on Slavs purchased at the Bari market for its legions of Sakalaba Mamluks). Throughout this period, and indeed throughout the Middle Ages, Bari served as one of the major slave depots of the Mediterranean, providing a central location for the trade in Slavic slaves. Until the arrival of the Normans, Bari continued to be governed by the Longobards and Byzantines, with only occasional interruption. Middle Ages Īfter the devastations of the Gothic Wars, under Longobard rule a set of written regulations was established, the Consuetudines Barenses, which influenced similar written constitutions in other southern cities. The bishops were dependent on the Patriarch of Constantinople until the 10th century. The first historical bishop of Bari was Gervasius who was noted at the Council of Sardica in 347. Its harbour, mentioned as early as 181 BC, was probably the principal one of the districts in ancient times, as it is at present, and was the centre of a fishery. The city developed strategic significance as the point of junction between the coast road and the Via Traiana and as a port for eastward trade a branch road to Tarentum led from Barium. In the 3rd century BC, it became part of the Roman Republic and was subsequently Romanized. ![]() ![]() In ancient Greek, it was known as Βάριον. The city had strong Greek influences before the Roman era. The authors of the Etymologicum Magnum have preserved an etymology by authors of antiquity about Barium, which they explain as the word "house" in Messapic. Ancient īari itself known in antiquity as Barium, was a harbour of the Iapygian Peuceti. The city has a redeveloped airport, Karol Wojtyła Airport, with connections to several European cities.įor a chronological guide, see Timeline of Bari. In addition, the outer suburbs developed rapidly during the 1990s. Modern residential zones surrounding the centre of Bari were built during the 1960s and 1970s replacing the old suburbs that had developed along roads splaying outwards from gates in the city walls. 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 major shopping district (the via Sparano and via Argiro). 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. The metropolitan area has 1.3 million inhabitants.īari is made up of four different urban sections. The city itself has a population of 315,284 inhabitants, over 116 square kilometres (45 sq mi), while the urban area has 750,000 inhabitants. It is a port and university city, as well as the city of Saint Nicholas. It is the second most important economic centre of mainland Southern Italy after Naples. Bari ( / ˈ b ɑːr i/ BAR-ee, Italian: i Barese: Bare Latin: Barium) is the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Bari and of the Apulia region, on the Adriatic Sea, southern Italy. ![]()
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