Balsigliano Castle ( Italian: Castello Balsigliano ) is located in southern Italy . Located in the province of Bari , region Puglia .
| Castle | |
| Balcigliano | |
|---|---|
| A country |  Italy |
| Provinces | Bari |
| First mention | 962 year |
| Build Date | X century |
| Key dates | |
| 988 - destroyed 1092 - restored XVI - destroyed | |
The castle was built in the X century at a time when the southern part of Italy was part of the Byzantine Empire . Documents in which he was first mentioned were discovered in the nearby Basilica of St. Nicholas and dated May 962. In 988 , the Baracillano was destroyed by the Saracens . In 1092 , the Count of Sicily Roger I restored the castle and granted it to the monastic order of the Benedictines . In the XVI century, the castle of Balsigliano was again ruined during the struggle of the French and Spaniards for the possession of the territories of Italy.