Conversano is an ancient town and comune in the southern Italian province of Bari, Apulia. It is 30 km southeast of Bari and 7 km from the Adriatic coast, at 219 m above sea level.The counts of Conversano owned a stud that they used to breed black Neapolitan stallions with Barb and Andalusian genetic backgrounds: these horses had strong ram-like heads, short backs, and broad hocks. One horse born in 1767, Conversano, became one of the principal stallions for establishing the Lipizzan horses.
