Castle

A monument that spans the centuries

Documented in sources since the early thirteenth century, the Castle of Barletta experienced a phase of profound renewal in the Frederick and Angevin periods.

Among the best preserved examples of the Apulian castle system, it experienced another intense season of building interventions during the Renaissance, with a great renovation promoted by Charles V, whose coat of arms still stands out on the entrance portal.

The project of the castellan of Brindisi Fernando de Alarçon envisaged the construction of the Nunziata bastion, south-east of the Castle. The bastions of San Vincenzo (to the north-west), of Santa Marta (to the south-west) and of San Giacomo (formerly dedicated to Sant'Antonio, to the north-east) are also from the sixteenth century, while the moat was dug at the end of the century.

The bastions have a rhomboidal shape and delimit the square layout of the structure, which has the characteristic "shoe" base.

Currently, Barletta Castle is home to the Art Gallery and the Civic Museum.