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The "Torre del marchese Arcamone" is a fortified two-storey farmhouse whose last phase is certainly from the modern age, which has on the ground floor rooms for stables, warehouses and an oil mill. But what is its history and why is the district called this way? In 1399 the king of Naples, Louis, ceded the barony of Bitetto together with the fief of Ceglie and Bari, for having fought bravely in a war near Taranto, to Marcello Arcamone. Since 1382, during the reign of Charles III, he had come to Puglia with his brother Lionello, who had been given the Lordship of Ceglie. The Arcamone family lived in Bitetto for a long time. In 1407 Pope Martin V transferred Bishop the son of Marcello, Carlo Arcamone, from his seat in Venafro to Bitetto. The farm had many changes of ownership and in 1806, already belonging to the Noja family of Mola, it was confiscated for the abolition of the feudal regime.

One of the access doors, for those coming from Bari, to the historic center of Bitonto. The first images date back to the sixteenth century, while the reconstruction was carried out in 1621 by the master Giuseppe Dell'Aquila.

The Torre del Marchese is an ancient farmhouse with an ancient history. Even today it represents one of the most important oil mills where the niches with the press for pressing the olives are still visible.

It is believed that Blessed Giacomo had the gift of prophecy during his lifetime: in particular, the episode involving Duke Andrea Matteo III Acquaviva is known; the nobleman had participated in the Barons' Conspiracy and was risking his life, but the friar predicted that he would be forgiven by the king and would have a son. Once both events occurred, the duke built the straight road that connects the convent to the town as a thanksgiving.

Blessed Giacomo lived in the Bittese convent until 1463, when according to tradition he moved to Bari, in the Franciscan convent built in those years. After 1469 he was certainly in Cassano delle Murge, in the convent of Santa Maria degli Angeli, to which he is linked by some episodes. From 1480 to 1483 he returned to Bitetto, which had been struck by the plague; despite his advanced age, he did not fail to support the population, devoting himself to prayer, care and assistance to the plague-stricken. Between 1483 and 1485 he lived in the convent of Santa Maria dell'Isola in Conversano, as evidenced by Agostino da Ponzone in recording the friar's presence in the ducal castle during the illness and miraculous recovery of little Giovanni Battista Acquaviva. In 1485 he returned definitively to Bitetto, where he died on 27 April 1496.

Blessed Giacomo, son of Leonardo Varingez and Beatrice, was born in Zara, in Dalmatia, around the year 1400. He arrived in Apulia at the age of 18-20 thanks to some fellow merchants. Here he met the Franciscan community of the local convent and, seizing the vocation, took on the Franciscan habit around 1437.

The Arcamones lived for a long time in Bitetto. In 1407 Pope Martin V transferred Bishop Carlo Arcamone to Bitetto from the seat of Venafro. Son of Marcello, former lord of Bitetto, Msgr. CARLO was a prelate of great zeal and Christian piety. During his stay in Bittese he obtained from Pope Eugene IV that a community of Franciscans be established here who erected a convent not far from the town, in a place called Gallicella.

the farm had many changes of ownership and in 1806, already belonging to the Noja di Mola family, it was confiscated for the abolition of the feudal regime.