Nutrition and Gastroenterology of the Newborn

Bari, ItalyOctober 5° - 7° , 2015

Social Program

LA CITTA’

WELCOME TO BARI

GASTRONOMY

NATURE

HISTORY

BARIAPULIA

SOCIAL PROGRAM

Experience Bari through the Eyes of a Local Guide!

08.30 Dinner With a View

at “Grand Hotel delle Nazioni” – Restaurant(Lungomare Nazario Sauro, 7 - Tel +39 080 5920111)

BARI THE OLD TOWN

WALKING TOUR

5.30 pm

meeting point at congress venue with the tourist guide

Monday 5° october

€ 60,00 + vat 22% per person

BARI - THE HISTORY

Angevin and Aragons rulers followed for about three centuries.

Toward the end of this period, in the 16th century, two women had an

important role in the Bari history: Isabel of Aragon, widow of the

Duke of Milan Gian Galeazzo Sforza, who enlarged the castle making

there her private residence, and Bona Sforza, Queen of Poland, who

established strong links between Bari and the Cracow court.

After Bona Sforza’s death, Bari was again included in the kingdom of

Naples, ruled by a Spanish viceroy, and that was a long period of

decay for the Apulian city and the south of Italy as well.

At the beginning of the 19th century the French came, led by Napoleon

Bonaparte, and his brother-in-law Jacques Murat became King of

Naples. Under Murat Bari started to grow, shortly becoming the most

important city of the region. In 1808 Murat decreed the building of the

new part of the city, a modern district which after him was (an still is)

called “Murattiano”.

At the end of the French rule, the Bourbons came back and reigned

until the unification of Italy, in 1860. Bari is now the first city and

administrative capital of the Apulia region, with about 350,000

inhabitants.

Later on, Bari and all the dukedom of Apulia and Calabria fell under

the domination of the Norman King of Sicily, whose dynasty shortly

came to the end and was replaced by the Hohenstaufen Swabians;

this was the period in which Frederick II (later on crowned also

Emperor of Germany) reigned. He loved Apulia (he was called

“puer Apuliae”) and built or restored many castles in the regions,

among which the Bari castle and the famous and mysterious Castel

del Monte (on the top of a hill, about 50 km from Bari).

SHOPPING

Bari is a modern commercial city. The pace of life is dominated by the rhythms of work, especially of

commerce, its main source of wealth. Due to its “vocation” for commerce, in Bari there are many

shops and stores of every kind.

FOOD

The traditional cooking of Apulia owes its success to the most basic products of the region: durum

wheat, tomatoes, olive oil, wine, fish and meat. Each of these staple ingredients is the foundation

for a numbers of recipes that make the local cuisine so varied.

Special fragrant scents from both land and sea are expressed with all their delicacy in the Apulian

cuisine. Bread from the Gargano and the Murgia, the durum wheat pastas, the locally grown

vegetables, grapes and cherries, the extra virgin olive oil and almond sweets all deserve prime

consideration. They should be accompanied with our famous local wines.

WEATHER

August in Bari is sunny and hot and is warm enough to swim.

The average daily temperature is 78.4° F/26.0° C.

THE CASTLE OF FREDERICK II THE BASILICA OF SAINT NICHOLAS

THE MARGHERITA THEATRETHE PETRUZZELLI THEATRE

BARI - The historical heritage

THE OLD TOWN

SOCIAL PROGRAM

h.20.30 Social DinnerDinner in Typical restaurant with traditional Apulian dishes

POLIGNANO A MARE

Discover Polignano a Mare, a seaside gem in Puglia

h. 5.15 pm meeting point at congress venue for bus departure

h. 06.00 pm sightseen tour of Polignano

Tuesday 6° october

€ 80,00 + vat 22% per person

POLIGNANO

A MARE

POLIGNANO

A MARE A shining gem on the coast of the Valle d’Itria, perched atop a 20 metre-high

limestone cliff above the crystal clear waters of the Adriatic, Polignano a Mare truly

lives up to its name and literally could not be any more ‘at sea’!

The origins of this enchanting place date back to the 4th century BC when Greek

settlers founded the city of Neapolis. It flourished under the Romans and was

important enough for Emperor Trajan to direct his Via Traiana, built between 108-

110 AD, through the town. Remains of this road include a bridge at Lama

Monachile, just north of the historic centre.

Polignano offers all the right ingredients for a perfect day out. The tiny old town,

reached through the Porta Vecchia gate, combines charming, white-washed streets

with beautiful old churches such as the Chiesa Matrice. You may find yourself

getting lost in the winding streets, but you won’t mind at all. Before you know it,

you will have reached one of three panoramic terraces offering breathtaking views

of the beautiful Adriatic Sea and coastline.

After a stroll through the town and a coffee in Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II, why not

pop down to the Blue Flag beach, just a few minutes’ walk from the old centre? A

firm favourite with the locals, the beach has crystal clear waters and is flanked on

two sides by cliffs from which children and teenagers dive all through the day until

sunset.

Polignano is famous throughout the world for three things. First of all is, as hinted at

above, cliff diving. In recent years the town has hosted the Red Bull diving

competition, attracting crowds of 45,000 people in 2010! Second is its outstanding

ice-cream, which you really cannot afford to miss on a hot summer’s evening. The

third and possibly most famous export of Polignano a Mare, however, is the great

Domenico Modugno, who wrote and sang numerous classic songs, including the

massive international hit, Volare (originally entitled Nel Blu Dipinto di Blu)! The

locals are incredibly proud of their favourite son and rightly so. As you wander

through the streets that inspired such a wonderful song, you might well find yourself

involuntarily singing or whistling, “Volare, oh,oh… Cantare, oh,oh,oh,oh… Nel blu

dipinto di blu… felice di stare lassù…”.

SEE YOU IN BARI !