Burrata di Andria pasta filata cheese with a heart of cream and stracciatella
A pasta filata shell around a heart of cream and stracciatella: burrata was born in Andria around 1920, IGP since 2016.
Read more →Three cities share the job of provincial capital here — Barletta, Andria and Trani all lend their names to it, though Andria was made the seat of government in 2010. The province is one of Italy's youngest: decided in 2004, it only started working in 2009, assembled from ten towns previously governed from Bari and Foggia. It covers the northern stretch of Apulia's Adriatic coast and the farmland that climbs inland behind it.
The main draw is inland rather than on the water. Castel del Monte, the octagonal castle Frederick II raised on a hill above Andria, draws most visitors. The coast is a different register: Trani, where the cathedral stands right at the water's edge; the harbour at Barletta; Bisceglie. Further in, Canosa di Puglia stacks up layers from one of the oldest settled sites in the region.
Towns in the province of Barletta-Andria-Trani
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The top 20 places in Barletta-Andria-Trani
Our editors' ranking: the area's most important places, drawn from the individual town guides. See the national rankings →
1 🏰 Castles & palaces Castel del Monte 📍 Andria Eight sides, eight towers, no moat: Frederick II's octagon on the Murge plateau. 
2 ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries Basilica del Santo Sepolcro 📍 Barletta Gothic basilica in Barletta tied to pilgrims and crusaders, with the Treasure of the Holy Sepulchre. 3 ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries Basilica di San Domenico 📍 Barletta Basilica in Barletta on corso Garibaldi: in the mid-1500s the Dominicans took over an old Templar church here. - 4 Castello di Bisceglie Bisceglie · 🏰 Castles & palaces
- 5 Chiesa di Ognissanti Trani · ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries
- 6 Chiesa di San Francesco Trani · ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries
- 7 Chiesa di San Gaetano Barletta · ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries
- 8 Chiesa di San Giacomo Trani · ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries
- 9 Chiesa di San Giacomo Barletta · ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries
- 10 Chiesa di Sant'Adoeno Bisceglie · ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries
- 11 Chiesa di Santa Chiara Trani · ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries
- 12 Dolmen della Chianca Bisceglie · 🏺 Archaeological sites
- 13 Dolmen Frisari Bisceglie · 🏺 Archaeological sites
- 14 Pinacoteca De Nittis Barletta · 🖼️ Museums
- 15 Porta Marina Barletta · 🏰 Castles & palaces
- 16 Teatro Mediterraneo Bisceglie · 🖼️ Museums
- 17 cattedrale di Andria Andria · ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries
- 18 santuario di Santa Maria dei Miracoli Andria · ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries
- 19 Museo diocesano (Andria) Andria · 🖼️ Museums
- 20 chiesa di San Domenico Andria · ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries
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🏘️ Villages 7 🍷 Food & wine 7 🏖️ Seaside 7 🏛️ UNESCO heritage 2
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Saint Sebastian, patron of Spinazzola
📅 Every year, on 20 January
Spinazzola celebrates Saint Sebastian on 20 January; the other patron, the Madonna del Bosco, is celebrated on 14 August.
Saint Sabinus, patron venerated in the basilica dedicated to him
📅 Every year, on 9 February
Canosa di Puglia celebrates Saint Sabinus on 9 February, in the basilica named after him; in the week before Palm Sunday the town lives with intense popular participation the Holy Week rites, including the procession of the «Desolata».
Saint Nicholas the Pilgrim, patron canonised by popular acclaim
📅 Every year, on 2 June
Trani celebrates Saint Nicholas the Pilgrim on 2 June; a young Greek who died in the city in 1094 after several miracles, he was canonised immediately by popular acclaim, and in 1099, during the First Crusade, construction of the cathedral dedicated to him began.
Saint Roger and Our Lady of Sterpeto, patrons since 1732 in the city of the Challenge
📅 Every year, on the second Sunday of July, since 1732
Barletta celebrates Saint Roger of Canne and Our Lady of Sterpeto on the second Sunday of July, since 1732; devotion to the Madonna is linked to the 1656 plague, which tradition holds was slowed precisely through her intercession.