Palazzo Santa Croce

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"Santa Croce"

Located in Piazzetta Duomo, opposite the Cathedral of Santa Maria Maggiore, it is part of the first urban core surrounded by Norman walls and formed between the 11th and 15th centuries. The block that encompasses the Palace is part of the first enlargement of the defensive walls, which began after 1156, when, after the destruction of Bari, many families of merchants, Amalfitans, Ravellians, and many noble ship-owners from Constantinople and Croatia moved to Barletta.

The Palace is built on several levels and is included in the curtain of medieval buildings. It represents an important example of 13th-15th century urban aristocratic architecture, with an entrance door with a pointed arch, framed by a small ashlar-worked cornice, an internal courtyard and monumental staircase. Archival sources show that the palace originally belonged to a noble family already present in Barletta at the time of the Normans, the Santacroce, hence the building’s name.

It was Charles I of Anjou who donated it as a sign of gratitude to Filippo Santacroce, his supporter and member of the Privy Council. In addition to its exceptional architectural beauty, the building is of great historical interest. Indeed, other personalities who have stayed here include: Ferdinand I of Aragon during his coronation in Barletta in 1459 and later sovereigns from the French period of the Kingdom of Naples, Joseph Bonaparte (1807) and Joachim Murat (1813).

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