The Bastion of San Giacomo in Brindisi has a pentagonal plan, with five sides having different height, in order to fit the structure to the natural promontory on which it has been built.
Inside, it is divided into three rooms, covered with barrel vaults, and consists of two floors: a ground floor on via Nazario Sauro and an underground floor which has a different in height of more than ten metres, reaching the same street level of via Bastioni di San Giacomo.
On the façade it is still possible to see the coats of arms of the Imperator Charles V and of his military architect Ferdinando Alarcon.
The Bastion has been recently restructured and nowadays houses exhibitions and cultural events.
Events nearby
In the coming days, within 15 km.
Puglia Nautic Salon 2026
Collaboration between the International Nautical Salon of Puglia and Pescare Show, celebrating nautical and fishing.
Porto Pace: Eugenio Barba and Odin Teatret
Eugenio Barba and Odin Teatret in Brindisi for three days of theater
Dialogues with Mario Martone
Cultural event with Mario Martone: discussions on directing, contemporary theater, cinema and intergenerational dialogue.
Autumn in the Alley and Piazza Duomo among Art, History and Reading
Art, history, and community celebrate autumn in Brindisi's historic center.
Basket and Solidarity in Mesagne: On the Court October 25 to Say End Polio Now
Friendly basketball match for the fight against polio
Brindisi: From the Roman Appia to the Mediterranean
Conference on the Via Appia-Traiana and Brindisi's role in the ancient Mediterranean.
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