Barletta is an Italian town, the chief town together with Andria and Trani of the province of Barletta-Andria-Trani in Puglia. The municipal area is part of the basin of the Ofanto valley and, in addition to being bathed by the river of the same name, which administratively acts as the territorial border between Barletta and Margherita di Savoia, it also hosts its mouth.
The municipality of Barletta, which includes the hamlet of Canne, an archaeological site remembered for the historic battle won in 216 BC. by Annibale, it was recognized as a city of art by the Puglia Region in 2005 for its architectural beauty. The territory of Barletta, spread over over 14,691 hectares and with about 13.5 km of coastline, overlooks the Adriatic Sea at the south-east entrance of the Gulf of Manfredonia in the coastal area where the rocky coast of the Bari area changes the its characteristics reaching the sands of the mouth of the Ofanto river.
The city is located on the coast 5 km south-east from the mouth of the Ofanto and is located on a low plain that varies from 10 to 30 meters above sea level while the municipal area is between 0 and 158 meters above sea level. sea ​​thus determining an altitude excursion equal to 158 meters. The inhabited center extends for a length from east to west of about 6 km, from north to south for about 2 km and a perimeter of about 13 km.
Barletta
Address: Corso Vittorio Emanuele, 94, 70051
Phone: 0883 578111
Site:
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