Editing Bari (section)

=== Early modern period ===
[[File:XIX century print, Il porto di Bari.jpg|thumb|19th century image of the port of Bari.]]{{Main articles|Duchy of Bari}}
A long period of decline characterized the city under the dominations of [[Aldoino Filangieri di Candida]], and those of the [[Kings of Naples]], which held the control of the entire mainland Southern Italy from 1282 to 1806. This decline was interrupted, however, by the splendor under the [[Sforzas]], who ruled the city as [[Duchy of Bari|Dukes of Bari]], a title given by the Neapolitan crown, in particular under the rule of the dukes [[Ludovico Sforza|Ludovico]] and [[Beatrice d'Este]], then of the duchesses [[Isabella of Aragon, Duchess of Milan|Isabella of Aragon]] and [[Bona Sforza]]. Bari also underwent Venetian domination, which led to the expansion of the port and a very prosperous period, also favored by the trade of inland products, which were in great demand on foreign markets.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Parte 2 -1440/1480 |url=http://rilievo.stereofot.it/studenti/aa00/trentadue/relazione/1440-1480.html |access-date=2023-10-09 |website=rilievo.stereofot.it}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-03-08 |title=Isabella d'Aragona e Bona Sforza: donne che hanno rivoluzionato la città di Bari. |url=https://www.pugliaculturaeterritorio.it/isabella-daragona-e-bona-sforza-donne-che-hanno-rivoluzionato-la-citta-di-bari/ |access-date=2023-10-09 |website=Puglia Cultura e Territorio |language=it-IT}}</ref>

In 1556, Princess Bona Sforza of Aragon, second wife of the [[Sigismund I the Old|King of Poland Sigismund I]], left Poland and settled in Bari, whose principality she had inherited from her parents. During her reign, she fortified the city's castle, as evidenced by an inscription in bronze letters on the cornice around the courtyard, as well as building several churches, a monastery, two water cisterns and made many donations to the monks of the Basilica of San Nicola. Bona Sforza died in the city in 1557.<ref name=":0" /> Following her death, the city of Bari came under the direct rule of the kings of Naples.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BONA Sforza, regina di Polonia - Treccani |url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/bona-sforza-regina-di-polonia_(Dizionario-Biografico)/,%20https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/bona-sforza-regina-di-polonia_(Dizionario-Biografico)/ |access-date=2024-03-03 |website=Treccani |language=it}}</ref>

In 1813, [[Joachim Murat]], [[Kingdom of Naples (Napoleonic)|King of Naples]] in the [[Napoleonic era]], began a new urbanization, changing the face of the city and setting a new "chessboard" growth model, which continued for many years to come. The village built at the time on the outskirts of the old city still retains its name.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Traversa |first=Michele |date=2011-02-23 |title=Bari, storia di una città. E venne un Re, l'incontro di Gioacchino Murat a Bari |url=https://www.lsdmagazine.com/2011/02/23/bari-storia-di-una-citta-e-venne-un-re-lincontro-di-gioacchino-murat-a-bari/ |access-date=2023-10-09 |website=LSD Magazine |language=it-IT}}</ref>

Modern plumbing arrived in the city of Bari on 24 April 1915: it was the first completed leg of the nascent Apulian Aqueduct. During the 1930s, [[Araldo di Crollalanza]], the mayor and minister of Bari, oversaw the development of its modern waterfront.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Feudis |first=Michele De |title=Don Araldo di Crollalanza, il costruttore della Bari moderna |url=https://www.lagazzettadelmezzogiorno.it/news/bari/1342649/don-araldo-di-crollalanza-130-anni-senza-il-costruttore-della-bari-moderna.html |access-date=2023-10-09 |website=www.lagazzettadelmezzogiorno.it |date=19 May 2022 |language=it}}</ref>