Valenzano, Apulia

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Valenzano
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Comune di Valenzano
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Valenzano
Valenzano (Apulia)
Coordinates: 41°3′N16°53′E / 41.050°N 16.883°E / 41.050; 16.883
Country Italy
Region Flag of Apulia.svg  Apulia
Metropolitan city Bari (BA)
Frazioni San Lorenzo
Government
 • MayorAntonio Lomoro
Area
 • Total15 km2 (6 sq mi)
Elevation
85 m (279 ft)
Population
(31 December 2010) [1]
 • Total18,305
 • Density1,200/km2 (3,200/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Valenzanesi
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
70010
Dialing code 080
ISTAT code 072048
Patron saint St Roch, St Anthony of Padua
Saint day15–16–17 August (St. Roch)
13 June (St. Anthony)
Website Official website

Valenzano (Barese: Valzàne) is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Bari, in Apulia, Italy. It is home to several centers of scientific research, including Tecnopolis, one of the biggest of the Southern Italy in addition to The Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari (IAMB) part of the International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM).

Bari dialect Romance language variant

Bari dialect is a dialect of Neapolitan spoken in the Apulia and Basilicata regions of Italy. Influences range from Old French to Norman, creating one of the most distinct Italian dialects both from phonetics and lexis point of view.

<i>Comune</i> third-level administrative divisions of the Italian Republic

The comune is a basic administrative division in Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality.

Metropolitan City of Bari Metropolitan City in Apulia, Italy

The Metropolitan City of Bari is a metropolitan city in the Apulia region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Bari. It replaced the Province of Bari and includes the city of Bari and some forty other municipalities (comuni). It was first created by the reform of local authorities and then established by the Law 56/2014. It has been operative since January 1, 2015.

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Sights include the All Saints' Church, a former 11th century abbey, and the late Renaissance church of St Roch. The baronial castle was reconstructed in 1870.

History

According to medieval historian Bonaventura da Lama, Valenzano was founded by a Greek man, named Valentinian or Valentian, who arrived in Apulia in the 8th-9th century escaping an invasion of Saracens. Historically, the area was inhabited in prehistoric and early historic times (up to 4th century BC) by the Peucetii, of Illyrian origins, as testified by funerary findings.

Illyria Historical region in Western Balkan, Southeast Europe

In classical antiquity, Illyria was a region in the western part of the Balkan Peninsula inhabited by a numerous tribes of people collectively known as the Illyrians. Besides them, this region was also settled, in various times, by some tribes of Celts, Goths and Thracians. Illyrians spoke Illyrian languages, a group of Indo-European languages, which in ancient times perhaps had speakers in some parts in southern Italy. The Roman term Illyris was sometimes used to define an area north of the Aous valley, most notably Illyris proper.

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References

  1. ↑ Population from ISTAT



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