Egnazia
The ancient city of Egnazia, to the southeast of Bari, dates from the 13th century BC, when the peoples of the Bronze Age have settled here.Like other villages along the Adriatic shore, it was the prey of every invader from the East, until it eventually became a Roman city at the end of the third century BC.Start from the Excellent Museum for an overall image;Although the text is in Italian, the historical sequence is clear, and the exhibits include materials found in excavations that give life to the site.The walls built by the original colonists are still there, as well as the remains of ancient Greek and subsequent novels.The Roman period was the moment when the city flourished as an important port on the Traiana road that connects Rome to Brindisi, but was eventually abandoned in the tenth century, after they were successively devoted to Visigoths, Saraceni and Turks.Parts of the Traiana road, amphitheater, forum and two Christian basilics remain from the Roman era.