Oria (Brindisi) "la città del corteo storico di Federico II"

Built between 1227 and 1233, the Castello Svevo has a triangular shape with the apex pointing north consists of the Tower of the Spur; to the south are three towers: the two cylindrical Knight and Salto and the Tower Square. Inside a large parade that could hold up to 5000 men; at the foot of the Torre Del Salto is the ancient crypt of the Saints Crisante and Daria, the first patron of the city. In the numerous rooms of the upper floors is preserved archaeological collection of the Counts Martini-Dearest since 1933 owners of the manor.

The old town of Oria, a unique elliptical shape, is full of elegant buildings and winding streets that often widen to form suggestive short and charming squares. In one of these places you can visit the Cathedral Basilica dedicated to SS. Assumption. Baroque style was rebuilt in 1750 on the ruins of an ancient Roman church: the facade is carparo local, left stands the clock tower and behind the bell. More behind stands the beautiful and high dome covered in colorful tiles. The interior has a Latin cross divided into three naves.

Here are the absolute beauty of gold decorations and stucco marmoliti, the chapels, the paintings, the pulpit, a marble balustrade, the statues of the '600 and the Baptistery. Of particular interest is the "crypt of the mummies" below the building, a sixteenth-century oratory whose walls have been created niches containing the mummified corpses of confreres of the Arch of Death ..

The Puer Apuliae, waiting for Isabella of Brienne that he would marry in November of that year, he decided to settle with his noble court in the hilly area closer to the port of Brindisi, where a few months after it landed the daughter of John of Brienne, King of Jerusalem, that the Emperor had long since accepted in his luxurious court, who was staying in the castle of Oria with all the honors of the case.
Just to honor the presence of the father of the bride (which would bring with him the crown of Jerusalem without a fight) and make people share in the event of "trusts et noble cittade of Orea" (in addition to its impressive Court) the Swabian emperor - in the tradition of the time - wanted to banish a "tourney" among the four ancient districts Castle, Judea, Lama and Holy Basil. With medieval clothes, giochu, tournaments, rides and parades the town relives the 'atmosphere of medieval times.

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