Church of San Giacomo, Romanesque church in historic center of Trani, Italy.

The Church of San Giacomo is a 12th-century Romanesque church on Via Romito in Trani's historic centre, once called Santa Maria de Russis and the first cathedral of the Archdiocese of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie. Its facade, reworked in 1647 as a plaque on the main portal records, has a portal with a foliate archivolt and rosary-bead carving, flanked by two columns resting on elephants, one bearing a griffin and the other a lion. Inside is a single apse.

Built in Romanesque style around 1143, the church was first known as the Basilica of Santa Maria de Russis and served as the first cathedral of the Archdiocese of Trani-Barletta-Bisceglie. Its facade was transformed in 1647, as a plaque on the main portal records.

The church is also known as the Basilica of Santa Maria de Russis. Until 2016 it housed statues from the Good Friday Procession of the Mysteries, owned by the Archconfraternity of the Holy Sacrament, which carried them through the streets of Trani.

The building stands on Via Romito and is easy to locate in the historic center. Visitors should remember that this is a functioning place of worship, so quiet behavior is expected.

The facade's upper section carries three tiers of corbels carved with human and animal figures. Below, the main portal's archivolt is worked with foliage and rosary beads, and its flanking columns rest on elephants, one supporting a griffin and the other a lion.