Lontano da Napoli ma non troppo (1877-1898). la Puglia di «città antiche e monumenti classici» tra Giovanni juniore Jatta, Edward Perry Warren e Bernard Berenson

It’s 1877 when the Relazione intorno alle città antiche ed ai monumenti classici del Distretto di Barletta was drawn up by Giovanni juniore Jatta (1832-1895), already an acute author of the Catalogo del Museo Jatta con breve spiegazione dei monumenti da servir da guida ai curiosi (Naples 1869), that is by the one who had been chosen by his uncle Giovanni seniore (1767-1844) as the heir-curator of the family collection begun in Naples and then turned into a museum in Ruvo. A Report such as the one presented here (59 pages) can be considered proof of Giovanni juniore’s skills derived from his classical studies and which he poured into the role of inspector of Exca- vations and Monuments for the Ministry of Public Education.