Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Bari, Italy: Where St. Nicholas is buried

The old town of Bari, Italy is a simple walled city dating back hundreds of years. The streets are narrow with arches. Laundry hangs across the passageways. We walked along the wall to enter.





There are a lot of churches in the old town. We also saw quite a few nuns walking around during the lunch hour.



The most interesting story is that of the St. Nicholas church. Bari natives stole his body by night a couple centuries ago when having a saint buried in your town was a big deal. We were unable to enter as it was closed for lunch.