Some events that took place

A concert on the history of jazz in the door of Palazzo Fracchiolla Minerva, prepared as if it were a hall from the early twentieth century. The ancient sound of a gramophone and then....the magic of jazz

An exhibition in which to discover the social, topographical, urban planning and customs evolutions of Canosa from the end of the 19th century to the early 1950s. A fresco created thanks to rare photographs, archive documents and traveled photographic postcards

An exhibition with an antiquarian flavor with an eye to the future, which allows us to delve deeper into the phenomenon of the Grand Tour towards Puglia, with an obligatory stop in Canosa. Rare publications, etchings and precious documents from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries tell the story of the journey, the rediscovery of an increasingly cultured and slow tourism.

The exhibition of a great contemporary sculptor, Sergio Rubini, who offers his vision of women and their immense fragilities and strengths

A painting collective with guest artist Gabriella Sernesi

A new archaeological exhibition with finds of exceptional importance from the antiquarian collection of the Bishops' Museum

The exhibition on the famous sketches of the Bank of Italy, created by the only artist who was capable of creating the most beautiful and uncopiable banknotes in Europe between the First and Second World War

An exhibition never created on the Carte de visite, the origins of photography and precious references to pre-cinema with the splendid magic lanterns of the Stabilimenti Lumìere

An archaeological exhibition on the role of women in the Canosa aristocracy between the 4th and 2nd centuries BC

A series of interesting and precious engravings and drawings from the 17th and 18th centuries that tell the origins of the Cultural Journey in Italy. Among the old masters are some drawings by Salvador Rosa

The origins of a Canosi painter in the limelight of criticism, considered by Giorgio Grasso to be the missing link between Impressionists and Macchiaioli

Presentation of Luigi Sorrenti's book with interview with the author and a pleasant tasting evening of strawberries and champagne, as part of the Biagio Achille exhibition.

A refined exhibition, which displays admirably created author's copies. From Dutch painting, to the Baroque of Caravaggio, to French Impressionism, to the Belle Epoque, up to the Primitivism of Amedeo Modigliani. A week-long exhibition, with tasting of typical products and meeting with the author. Underground galleries of Palazzo Fracchiolla MInerva

An extraordinarily important exhibition that sees a series of events within it. The inauguration will see the signing of an important thirty-year agreement between the Bishops' Museum and Dr. Sergio Fontana, Administrator of Farmalabor and President of the Culture sector of Confindustria Bari-BAT, in the presence of the Regional Councilor for Tourism Loredana Capone. In the presence of numerous authorities, 35 unpublished masterpieces by the famous painter from Barletta, precursor of French Impressionism, will be on display until 1 May 2016. Central piece of extraordinary importance, the unpublished fan that De Nittis created and gave to his wife Léontine Gruvelle on 7 November 1883, a few months before his untimely death. The painter's private photographs and his wife's letters, also unpublished, are exceptionally unique. At the end, on April 24th, a dinner will be held in the rooms below the structure, where you will taste the dishes that the painter loved to cook on Saturdays and you will listen to masterpieces by Debussy and Chopin.

An unpublished drawing, purchased by the well-known Sotheby's Auction House, which reproduces the central key of the work The School of Athens, in the Apartments of the Segnatura. An unpublished drawing, different from the one preserved in the Ambrosiana in Milan, attributed to Raphael, which allows us to understand the original project of the great author: postponing the two figures of the philosophers and the sculptures behind them. The drawing was part of an immense correspondence that was lost in the early seventeenth century, partly reacquired by Cassiano Dal Pozzo. An extraordinary exhibition opportunity in the Music Hall of Palazzo Fracchiolla, enriched by a documentary.

An exhibition sponsored by EXPO 2015 Milan. A historical and archaeological research, which made it possible to exhibit finds, objects, graphic reconstructions and three-dimensional wooden models, through which we can learn what the ancient diet was in Canosa, what was traded and produced from the 6th century BC to the 4th century AD Through an educational display case, which preserves real food elements, it will be possible to download the ancient recipes and offer them at home.

Presentation of the only catalog on Michele Ficarazzo, with 73 unpublished works, drawings, oils and critical analysis of the author. Followed by tasting in the entrance hall of Palazzo Fracchiolla Minerva

Founded by Commander Domenico Fracchiolla in 1864, the Banca Principe di Napoli was the first banking and mutual aid institution to be established in Canosa in the last twenty years of the nineteenth century. Rich landowners, noble families and the emerging upper middle class turned to this Institute to expand their properties and provide assistance to their workers. An example of banking modernity, which issued credit or debt securities of extraordinary artistic value. After the bankruptcy of the Fracchiolla family, the Bank was purchased by the Banco di Napoli, becoming an integral part of it. The exhibition displays credit titles, stamps and ancient documents of this Institution.

A complex exhibition, which sees the restoration of the most precious liturgical elements from the year 1000, belonging to the Royal Palatine Chapel of the Normans of Canosa. The ivory cross from the 11th century, the Afghan liturgical fan from the year 1000, the pontifical gloves of Paschal II. Unpublished parchments from the Provost's Historical Archive, deeds of possession, Norman donations, Cluniac missals and the unpublished grave goods of Marco Boemondo d'Altavilla, Prince of Antioch and Lord of Taranto. The exhibition is enriched by the rich numismatic cross-section of the 11th-12th and 13th century Cathedral in silver and bronze, as well as an interactive system that allows you to view enlargements.

An exhibition with conference, concerning the work of the famous painter Giovanni Boccati da Camerino, a pupil of Mantegna, who received a commission to create an altarpiece on the Life and Miracles of San Sabino da Canosa. The work dates back to 1453, dismembered into 5 separate altarpieces. The one on display, virtually alongside the missing ones, is the property of Banca Intesa San Paolo, exhibited at the Corrado Giaquinto Art Gallery in Bari.

An exhibition that allows you to explore the history of the Kingdom of Naples and the Two Sicilies, up to the Unification of Italy. A fascinating exhibition, curated by Sandro Giuseppe Sardella, enriched by a publication/catalogue, with high definition photographs. The interactive display case allows you to delve deeper into the topic and be connected online with other numismatic collections on the topic.

An exhibition which, through the restoration of precious objects and liturgical fabrics from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, allows us to understand the profound intertwining between politics, aristocracy and liturgy of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, in the Provost Church of Canosa. Characters such as Angelo Andrea Tortora and Domenico Forges D'Avanzati, personal advisors of Ferdinand IV of Bourbon, unpublished handwritten pages, studied for the occasion, digitized for the occasion, guarantee total immersion in the political secrets of the Church of Canosa, rich and fascinating for its direct Royal dependence.

An innovative exhibition for an innovative author. Gioacchino Loporchio and his extraordinary versatility. Creator of Swatch, inventor of vibrant Material Painting, it strikes with its lively colors and its message of Peace. An exhibition that features 40 unpublished works and an electronic catalogue, designed for pads and smartphones.

From the Royal Chapter Archive of the Cathedral of San Sabino, in Canosa di Puglia, emerge the unpublished letters written between 1812 and 1815 by Gioacchino Napoleone to Domenico Forges D'Avanzati, former Prime Minister of the Neapolitan Republic and Bishop of Canosa. Unpublished letters, not passed by the Royal Chancellery, which reveal links to international politics, in which the Sovereign orders compliance with the code of reporting dissidents. Highlight, a splendid pistol donated by the Sovereign to the Provosts of Canosa, embellished with a gold stock.

In the frescoed entrance hall of Palazzo Fracchiolla Minerva, an exhibition on the Metaphysics of Nature, through the works of Michele FIcarazzo. Agricultural tools and production machines will accompany the exhibition with a simple but decidedly impactful flavour. Homage to Hyperrealism and Morandi.

A retrospective that exhibits another 40 unpublished works by Michele Ficarazzo, of a purely metaphysical nature. The strong colors and material antitheses are striking. Gallery of Palazzo Fracchiolla Minerva Tasting of typical products

An exhibition that displays 54 works by the late and talented painter from Andria Michele Ficarazzo. Self-taught and hyper-realist, he also creates paintings of a metaphysical nature, with a very strong visual impact. The exhibition, in the basement of Palazzo Fracchiolla Minerva, is a unique opportunity to explore this author of exceptional talents.