We were spending the morning of Good Friday visiting the ancient site of Cannae where a battle was fought between Rome and Hannibal of Carthage in 216 BC. A visit to this ancient battlefield was a must for my dad who loves Roman military history.
When we were leaving Bitonto this morning there was a procession occurring for Good Friday. I later found out that this procession carried on all day. Wow!
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| Good Friday in Bitonto |
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| Good Friday in Bitonto |
The archeological site of Cannae and the battlefield are located just outside or the city of Barletta.
You have to drive past a bunch of farms and olive groves down a country road before you reach the small museum and archeological site.
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| Museum at Cannae |
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| Museum at Cannae |
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| Museum at Cannae |
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| Archeological site of Cannae |
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| Archeological site of Cannae |
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| Archeological site of Cannae |
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| Archeological site of Cannae |
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| Archeological site of Cannae |
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| Archeological site of Cannae |
There is a column marking the battle and overlooking the fields where the battle occurred.
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| Dad looking out over the fields where the Battle of Cannae occurred. |
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| Battlefield of Cannae |
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| Castle of Trani |
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| Castle of Trani |
I opted to pay admission to see the inside of the castle. Dad and Maria did not want to and so waited outside. There were no furnishings in the castle but it was neat to walk around and see the structure.
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| Castle of Trani |
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| Castle of Trani |
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| Castle of Trani - Adam and Eve |
We next wandered past the scenically placed church and over to the harbour.
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| Castle of Trani |
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| Trani |
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| Trani |
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| Trani |
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| Trani |
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| Trani |
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| Trani |
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| Trani |
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| Trani |
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| Trani |
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| Trani |
We found a beautiful seaside park and wandered through enjoying the midday sun that finally decided to show itself.
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| Trani |
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| Trani |
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| Trani |
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| Trani |
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| Trani |
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| Trani |
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| Trani |
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| Trani |
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| Trani |
Maria eventually hurried me along as we had to get back to Bitonto. It was time for the "hostage handover" as I called it. Maria and Dad were officially picking up Angelica, Maria's daughter, from her father in order to take her to her grandparents house for Easter and then back to Canada with us. This handover was taking place in a park which made it seem even more like a hostage handover. lol I was left behind at the bed and breakfast for two reasons 1)they were not sure how everything was going to go down and they were afraid it was going to be ugly and did not want me exposed 2) They needed room for Angelica's luggage.
I was fine with being left behind. I got to enjoy the view from our room and take a cat nap.
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| Bitonto |
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| Bitonto |
Once they had Angelica they came back and got me and we went down to Santo Spirito for the evening. Maria's brother was going to be carrying the Virgin Mary display during the Good Friday procession in Santo Spirito so we all had to turn out for that.
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| Puppy at my step-grandparents olive farm |
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| Good Friday in Santo Spirito |
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| Good Friday in Santo Spirito |
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| Good Friday in Santo Spirito |
That night when we got back to the hotel there was a large crowd outside and it turned out the procession from that morning was almost over and would be passing through the square outside our room on its way to the cathedral.
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| Good Friday in Bitonto |
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