“Torrelama Room Breakfast” lies on the north coast of Bari, between the municipalities of Trani and Bisceglie.
Located in the region of “Lama Paterna”, the area is of considerable interest as it is part of one of the most significant areas da the landscape point of view in the North of the Land of Bari, characterised by frequent ravines, of which it represents one of the most complete examples and impressive even for the natural width.
A coastal tower dating back to the end of the ‘500 dominates the entire surrounding landscape and increases the environmental importance of the town. A bridge in natural stone, the “Ponte Lama”, built starting da 1800 to overcome the difference in height, dominates the same Lama. These towers constituted the defensive, sighting and communication system along the coastal strip of the Kingdom of Naples. From each tower it was possible to scan the sea and usually see the two adjacent towers, with the possibility of sending light and smoke signals to transmit a message or request assistance. It is of the quadrangular base type with three drains on each side: this scheme was conceived in the mid-sixteenth century by two Neapolitan royal engineers: Benvenuto Tortelli and Giovan Tommaso Scala, the latter also the designer of the mighty Bastion of San Martino, still existing on the front of the Port of Bisceglie.
The “Olivieri” Tower was completed in 1598 and is one of the most interesting da an architectural point of view in the Land of Bari.
