A walk through Bari Vecchio is a MUST. The Cathedral is beautiful, especially at night. The history…read morein Puglia a fascinating. Some people say it looks more like castle than a Cathedral, but I disagree. It's stunning. The interior is a mix of Romanesque and Byzantine architecture, as far as I can remember. There are mosaics and columns and the most interesting factoid is that it houses a crypt with an altar containing the bones of Saint Nicolas, the real-life inspiration for Santa Claus.
