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Torre di Cesare-Villa Sylos o La Contessa
Complex built in different phases, between the fifteenth and twentieth centuries, with additions of Eng. Luigi Sylos, built in 1928. It consists of a rectangular tower, of several floors; villa with L-shaped plan, on one floor, equipped with several rooms; square church with a cross vault. Restored, today it is used as a playroom.
Amendolagine A., La battaglia di Bitonto del 25 maggio 1734. Memoria inedita dell’abate Giovanni Battista dello Jacono, Bitonto 1934, p. 19; Castellano A., Guida e Stradario della Città, Bitonto 1981, pp. 54-55. Milillo S., La chiesa e le chiese di Bitonto, Bitonto 2001, pp. 217-218. Sylos C., Biografia dell’Ing. Luigi Sylos, Bitonto 1984, p. 31. Sylos L., Bitonto nella storia, vol II, Bitonto 1983, p. 206; Id., Memorie in Bitonto nella storia, Bitonto 1983, pp. 205-206.
