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Torre Morea

Torre Morea

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Torre Morea

Name: Torre Morea
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Location: Bitonto, Bari, Apulia, Italy

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1. Descent into Bitonto Forest – Pietre Tagliate Farmhouse loop from Bitonto Centrale

58.9km

04:04

510m

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2. Bitonto Municipal Forest – Pietre Tagliate Farmhouse loop from Bitonto SS. Medici

57.6km

03:32

430m

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3. Sanctuary of Blessed James – Tower of the Marquis Arcamone loop from Bari Policlinico

89.6km

05:53

400m

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Vito

November 28, 2020

Torre Morea is an ancient fortified farm. Located on the old street of Altamura, the preclassical road that connected Butuntum to Silvium, 130 meters above sea level and south of the historic center of Bitonto, presumably dates back to the 16th century. Defense from the tower, in fact, and from the high perimeter walls, it presented frontally particular cusp battlements, later tompagnati for the raising of the surrounding walls. A beautiful arched portal, surmounted by a small quadrangular niche once frescoed, embellishes the ancient building. This niche was then equipped with a votive tablet (no longer present today) depicting the Virgo Stella Maris, placed on a plaque with three registers and dated to 1665 in memory of Angelo Antonio Morea. In short, only a squat quadrangular tower with two floors remains of the ancient production complex, with a narrow entrance on the ground floor and a simple window on the upper floor.

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Vito

November 28, 2020

Adjacent to the tower is a large cistern for the collection of rainwater, used in the past both for the irrigation of the fields and as a water supply, vital in periods of drought and siege. Torre Morea, deployed in the complex of lookout towers, alerted the inhabitants of the countryside during pirate raids with signals of smoke, fire and arquebus shots. Now, the origins of this fort are unknown and the local historiography tells us little or nothing about it.

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Elevation 140 m

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Location: Bitonto, Bari, Apulia, Italy

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Torre Morea

1. Descent into Bitonto Forest – Pietre Tagliate Farmhouse loop from Bitonto Centrale

2. Bitonto Municipal Forest – Pietre Tagliate Farmhouse loop from Bitonto SS. Medici

3. Sanctuary of Blessed James – Tower of the Marquis Arcamone loop from Bari Policlinico

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