Volturara Appula | |
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Comune di Volturara Appula | |
Coordinates: 41°30′N 15°3′E / 41.500°N 15.050°E | |
Country | Italy |
Region | Apulia |
Province | Foggia (FG) |
Government | |
• Mayor | Vincenzo Zibisco |
Area | |
• Total | 52 km2 (20 sq mi) |
Elevation | 489 m (1,604 ft) |
Population (30 June 2022)
[2] | |
• Total | 380 |
• Density | 7.3/km2 (19/sq mi) |
Demonym | Volturaresi |
Time zone | UTC+1 ( CET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+2 ( CEST) |
Postal code | 71030 |
Dialing code | 0881 |
Patron saint | St. Luke |
Saint day | 18 October |
Website | Official website |
Volturara Appula is a town and comune in the province of Foggia in the Apulia region of southeast Italy. Once a flourishing city, the comune now has a population of less than 400. [3]
The date of his foundation is not known; the first historical paper citing it, is a document of Pope Giovanni (John) XIII that, in 969 A.D., lists Volturara as a bishopric, depending from Benevento. Vulturaria, as it was previously called, was ruled in various times by its bishops, and by a number of noble families, including a branch of Caracciolos that built the so said 'Dukedom Palace'. [4]
The Apulian Romanesque cathedral was built in the 13th century. It has a massive bell-tower with three bells of bronze with a noteworthy percentage of silver. Another church, the 16th-century Santuario di Maria SS. della Sanità (Shrine of Our Lady of Health) was reputedly built by Marquis Bartolomeo Caracciolo in thanksgiving for recovery from illness. [4]
Its bishopric, the Diocese of Vulturara, was united with that of Diocese of Montecorvino to form the Diocese of Vulturara e Montecorvino in 1433. [5] Giuseppe Cappelletti gives detailed information about most of its bishops. [5] In 1818, upon a reorganization of the dioceses within the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, [6] the diocese ceased to exist as a residential see and its territory became part of the diocese of Lucera. [5] It is now included in the Catholic Church's list of titular sees. [7]
Giuseppe Conte, the Prime Minister of Italy in 2018-2021 was born in Volturara, but grew up in San Giovanni Rotondo.
Volturara Appula | |
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Comune di Volturara Appula | |
Coordinates: 41°30′N 15°3′E / 41.500°N 15.050°E | |
Country | Italy |
Region | Apulia |
Province | Foggia (FG) |
Government | |
• Mayor | Vincenzo Zibisco |
Area | |
• Total | 52 km2 (20 sq mi) |
Elevation | 489 m (1,604 ft) |
Population (30 June 2022)
[2] | |
• Total | 380 |
• Density | 7.3/km2 (19/sq mi) |
Demonym | Volturaresi |
Time zone | UTC+1 ( CET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+2 ( CEST) |
Postal code | 71030 |
Dialing code | 0881 |
Patron saint | St. Luke |
Saint day | 18 October |
Website | Official website |
Volturara Appula is a town and comune in the province of Foggia in the Apulia region of southeast Italy. Once a flourishing city, the comune now has a population of less than 400. [3]
The date of his foundation is not known; the first historical paper citing it, is a document of Pope Giovanni (John) XIII that, in 969 A.D., lists Volturara as a bishopric, depending from Benevento. Vulturaria, as it was previously called, was ruled in various times by its bishops, and by a number of noble families, including a branch of Caracciolos that built the so said 'Dukedom Palace'. [4]
The Apulian Romanesque cathedral was built in the 13th century. It has a massive bell-tower with three bells of bronze with a noteworthy percentage of silver. Another church, the 16th-century Santuario di Maria SS. della Sanità (Shrine of Our Lady of Health) was reputedly built by Marquis Bartolomeo Caracciolo in thanksgiving for recovery from illness. [4]
Its bishopric, the Diocese of Vulturara, was united with that of Diocese of Montecorvino to form the Diocese of Vulturara e Montecorvino in 1433. [5] Giuseppe Cappelletti gives detailed information about most of its bishops. [5] In 1818, upon a reorganization of the dioceses within the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, [6] the diocese ceased to exist as a residential see and its territory became part of the diocese of Lucera. [5] It is now included in the Catholic Church's list of titular sees. [7]
Giuseppe Conte, the Prime Minister of Italy in 2018-2021 was born in Volturara, but grew up in San Giovanni Rotondo.