Identity: City of the Challenge, provincial capital shared with Andria and Trani
The municipal statute gives Barletta the title of «Città della Disfida» (City of the Challenge), in memory of the Challenge of 13 February 1503, and names it capital of the sixth Apulian province together with Andria and Trani. The city holds the gold medal for civil merit and the gold medal for military valour.
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City of the Challenge
The municipal statute, approved by council resolution no. 64 of 25 August 2000 and amended several times since, states that Barletta takes the title of «Città della Disfida» in memory of the historic Challenge of 13 February 1503. It was granted the title of City by decree of 9 March 1935.
Honours and symbols
The statute notes that the city holds the gold medal for civil merit, granted by President of the Republic Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, and the gold medal for military valour, awarded by President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi on 25 April 2004 for the resistance against German troops between 11 and 24 September 1943. The coat of arms has a white field with four red bars, a turreted crown above and branches of oak and laurel around it; the banner (gonfalone) is a white cloth with a gold fringe.
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Updated: 2026-10-22
Reviewed: 10/23/2026 · by piero.avolio · rev. 1 · Period: → 2027-10-31
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