Officina degli Esordi

Bari


With performance areas and work spaces named after songwriter Leonard Cohen and inventor Nikola Tesla, Officina degli Esordi offers an interesting combination of music, business and art. The cool terrace bar is a good place to meet locals over a coffee or something stronger, and upcoming live music and DJ events are listed on Officina degli Esordi's Facebook page.


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1. Castello Svevo

0.4 MILES

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2. Cathedral

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Built over the original Byzantine church, the 12th- to 13th-century Romanesque cathedral, dedicated to San Sabino, is technically Bari's most important…

3. Museo del Succorpo della Cattedrale

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4. Spazio Murat

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5. Piazza Mercantile

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6. Basilica di San Nicola

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7. Colonna della Giustizia

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The Colonna della Giustizia (Column of Justice) is the place where debtors were once tied and lashed (in the less gentle days of the 16th century).

8. Museo Nicolaiano

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Exhibits artefacts from the adjacent Basilica di San Nicola, including chalices, vestments, parchments, relics and paintings.