Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Bitonto, Italy

The church of Santa Maria del Popolo in Bitonto, also known as Santa Teresa because it was granted in 1702 to the Teresians who built a convent now used as a high school, is located a few tens of meters from the place where Porta Pendile once stood. Construction began in 1601 and was designed by the architect Bartolomeo Amendolara. The public cistern located to the right of the church, built to deal with drought, dates back to 1612.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di Santa Maria del Popolo (Bitonto) (IT)

Bitonto Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral in the city of Bitonto in the Province of Bari, Italy.

Wikipedia: Bitonto Cathedral (EN)

The National Gallery of Puglia "Girolamo and Rosaria Devanna" is an art gallery located in the Sylos-Calò palace in Bitonto, a Renaissance building dating back to the first half of the sixteenth century. It preserves works of origin mainly from the south but also from the rest of Italy and abroad. In particular, there are works by: Titian, Veronese, Orazio and Artemisia Gentileschi, Bernardino Mei, Giaquinto, Delacroix, De Nittis, Francesco Netti.

Wikipedia: Galleria nazionale della Puglia (IT)

The church of San Gaetano was erected in 1609 in Bitonto on the ancient palace of the Universitas, in Piazza Cavour. The work, commissioned by the Theatines, originally called San Niccolò ai Teatini, and built according to the architectural project of Dionisio Volpone di Parabita, is in Baroque style. The structure was consecrated only in 1730 by Bishop Luca Antonio della Gatta.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Gaetano (Bitonto) (IT)

The Teatro Comunale di Bitonto is the main theatre in the city of Bitonto and is named after the musician Tommaso Traetta. It is located on the edge of the historic city center: it overlooks Largo Teatro Umberto and has its back to Piazza Marconi where part of the rear wall coincides with the city walls. Inaugurated in 1838, it was reopened in 2005 after fifty years of closure.

Wikipedia: Teatro Traetta (IT), Website