Corato - Chiesa di San Vito

Corato was a small peasant community already in Roman times. After the end of the Empire, it was raided by Alaric's Visigoths and later by Saracen hordes. In the 11th century, when Puglia was taken by the Normans, Peter I of Trani (aka "Pietro il Normanno"), one of the Norman leaders, was made Count of Trani. He rebuilt and fortified Corato.

The church of San Vito is today located in the town but originally, in the 11th-12th century, it was erected outside the walls. The plan of the small building consists of a single rectangular hall (6.5 x 10.56 m). During the restoration work in 1991, it was discovered that the dome is a perfect "trullo", an architectural construction in dry stone typical of the Apulian countryside.