Bari travel guide
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Bari is the capital of Puglia and keeps the bones of St Nicholas, taken from Myra by its sailors in 1087 and still drawing Orthodox pilgrims to the basilica built for them.
In the old town women make orecchiette at tables in the street and sell it by the bag. Alberobello's trulli are an hour away, Polignano a Mare forty minutes, and Matera an easy day.
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Basilica of Saint Nicholas
Begun in 1087 to hold the bones of St Nicholas, which sixty-two sailors from Bari had taken from Myra in what everyone involved described as a rescue. The crypt is shared with the Orthodox, who come in numbers, and a clear liquid drawn from the tomb is distributed each 9 May.
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