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The Cathedral of Saint Sabino
Risen between the XII and XIII the century, probably towards the last thirties years of 1100, on a more ancient place than cult, that is on the ruins of the Dome bizantino destroyed from the fury of Gugliemo the saying Malo (1156); to right of the transetto the traces of the original pavement are looked at that extends under the navata one centers them. The presence of the Diocese in the Barium Cathedral, in fact, laughed them to Concordio Bishop, that it was present to Roman Concilio of the 465. The ancient episcopal church laughed them to XI centuryc. Under the navata one ancient church, going back centers them is found the rests of one to a period previous to the first millenium. This is structured in an atmosphere to three navate, with pillars squared, times to cruise constructed with stone mails to fish thorn. Moreover they have been found foundations that they indicate the presence of a absidato building whose axis had to be dispostato a little oblique regarding that one of puts into effect them cathedral. On one of the mosaics it paves them a registration in which the name of the Bishop appears Andrea (758 - 761), ago to think that it was be a matter of the first cathedral destroyed in the IX - X century. In place of this church it rises cripta it of the cathedral puts into effect them, episcopio of Saint Maria, than probably it is the building in issue. In the first half of XI the century the archbishop of Bisanzio (1025 - 1035) it made to then construct one new church finished from Nicholas I (1035 - 1061) and Andrea II (1061 - 1068), its successory. This church then was destroyed from Guglielmo the Malo, during the distrution of the entire city (was only saved the Basilica of Saint Nicholas) that he do in 1156. Rainaldo archbishop to the end of XII the century began the reconstruction of the building. In cripta are conserved the reliquies of Saint Sabino, bishop of Canosa, in the greater altar. Transported the busto silver of Saint Sabino in the archives capitolare, today the icona venerata of the Madonna Odegitria (Palvisino, XVI sec.) according to the tradition reached from the East in VIII the century, but in later truth and from the cult much ancient one. In the smaller apses there are two sarcofagi: one contains the reliquies of Colomba Saint, and the other reliquiari several. In the sagresty of right an altar with a painted representing, perhaps, Saint Mauro, thought is placed first bishop d Bariums. They puts into effect Cathedral is therefore the result of jobs begins to you endured after the distruction operated from Guglielmo the Malo. For the work they were used material coming from from the previous church and other destroyed buildings. Consecrated 4 October 1292, the church resemble to the style of the Basilica of Saint Nicholas. The building has then endured one series of rifacimenti, demolitions and added to leave from the XVIII sec. Last the two restorations go back, the first one to XX the century and have brought back in light the Romanesque structures; the second to XXI the century, and has given splendor to the entire building. Stilisticamente, draft of an important example of pugliese Romanesque style. The facade is simple; in the inferior part three portali of XI the century are opened, the advanced part is adorned from a rosone whose metal ring is crowded of monster and fantastic beings. New the svettante bell tower, rifared with ancient stones, and elaborated the tiburio and, under, the cap of the cupola with clear moreschi reasons. Inner the church, that it has been undressed of all the baroque structures, introduces in its knot beauty to the eyes of visiting all the Romanesque pugliese is found again in the transetti, the matroneo, the magnificent pulpit rifared in these last times with the same material with which it was, in the remote times, pasted. The navate cathedral is uniform in three majestic ones from sixteen columns and as many arch. During XVIII the century the facade, the inside of the navate ones, the inside of the Trulla (the ancient baptistry of XII the century, today sacrestia) and cripta it was rifared in baroque shapes on plan of Domenico Antonio Vaccaro. The inner furnishings instead was brought back to the ancient Romanesque fattezze in years Fifty of XX the century. In the palace of the Curia, adjacent the cathedral, has center the Diocesano Museum, where the Exultet can be admired, that is one precious parchment of inspiration bizantina, fine miniata. The images are turned over regarding the text and therefore regarding the clergyman who read it. In this way the faithfuls, when celebrating unrolled the paschal prayer, could watch the sacred designs. Between the other also who did not know the Latin could have an immediate idea of the story.
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