Bari ( Italian : Bari ; ) is a city in southern Italy . Bari is the capital of the Bari Provence and of the Apulia Region . Bari ( Bari dialect : BÃ re ; from Latin : Barium ) is the capital city of the province of Bari and of the Apulia ( or , in Italian , Puglia ) region , on the Adriatic Sea , in Italy .