Comune di Bitonto
Municipal coat of arms
Country	Italy
Region	Puglia
Province	Bari (BA)
Mayor
Elevation	118 m
Area	172.9 km²
Population
- Total (as of 2004)	56,420
- Density	328/km²
Time zone	CET, UTC+1
Coordinates	41°07′N, 16°41′E
Gentilic	Bitontini
Dialing code	080
Postal code	70032
Frazioni	Palombaio, Mariotto
Patron	Madonna dell'Immacolata Concezione
- Day	May 26
Location of Bitonto in Italy
Website: www.comune.bitonto.ba.it

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Geography

Bitonto lies approximately 16 km (10 miles) to the west of the city of Bari, near the coast of the Adriatic Sea. The communes next to Bitonto are: Bari, Bitetto, Palo del Colle, Altamura, Toritto, Ruvo di Puglia, Terlizzi, Giovinazzo. His communes had a small village on the see (Santo Spirito) too. Now it is of the Bari communes. Location within Italy Bari is the capital of the province of Bari and of the Apulia (or Puglia) region, on the Adriatic sea, in Italy. ... A satellite image of the Adriatic Sea. ... Location within Italy Bari is the capital of the province of Bari and of the Apulia (or Puglia) region, on the Adriatic sea, in Italy. ... Province of Bari Bitetto is a town and comune in the province of Bari, Puglia, Italy. ... Province of Bari Palo del Colle is a town and comune in the province of Bari, Puglia, Italy. ... Altamura is a town of Apulia, Italy, in the Bari Province, 28 miles (45 km) southwest of the city of Bari close to the border with Basilicata, currently with about 67,000 inhabitants (Altamurani). ... Province of Bari Toritto is a town and comune in the province of Bari, Puglia, Italy. ... Province of Bari Ruvo di Puglia is a town and comune in the province of Bari, Puglia, Italy. ... This page meets Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ... Giovinazzo is a small port city situated on the Adriatic coast in the province of Apulia Italy. ...

History

The city was founded by the Peuceti, and its inhabitants referred to by the Greek settlers of the region, as Butontinoi, an ethnonym of uncertain derivation^[1] Its first city wall can be dated to the fifth to fourth centuries BC; traces remain in the foundations of the Norman walling.

Similarities of coinage suggest that Bitonto was under the hegemony of Spartan Tarentum, but bearing the numismatic legend BITONTINON. Later, having been a Roman ally in the Samnite Wars, the civitas Butuntinenses became a Roman municipium, preserving its former laws and self-government and venerating its divine protectress, whom the Romans identified by interpretatio romana as Minerva; the site sacred to her is occupied by the Church of San Pietro in Vincoli. As a city of the Late Roman Empire, Bitonto figures in the Liber Colonis of Frontinus, in the Antonine Itinerary and other Imperial itineraries, and the Tabula Peutingeriana, a post where fresh horses were to be had for travellers on the via Traiana for Brundisium. Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Map of Italy showing Taranto in the bottom right Taranto is a coastal city in Apulia, southern Italy. ... Combatants Roman Republic Samnium The Samnite Wars were three wars between the early Roman Republic and the tribes of Samnium. ... Ancient Rome was a civilization that grew from a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula circa the 9th century BC to a massive empire straddling the Mediterranean Sea. ... A municipium was the second highest class of a Roman city, and was inferior in status to the colonia. ... Interpretatio graeca is a Latin term for the common tendency of ancient Greek writers to equate foreign divinities to members of their own pantheon. ... Head of Minerva by Elihu Vedder, 1896 For other uses, see Minerva (disambiguation). ... The Antonine Itinerary is a Latin document that can be described as the Road Map of Roman Britain. ... The Tabula Peutingeriana (Peutinger table) is an itinerarium showing the cursus publicus, the road network in the Roman Empire. ... For Arabian road, see Via Traiana Nova Extension by the emperor Trajan of the Via Appia from Beneventum, reaching Brundisium by a shorter route (ie via Canusium and Barium rather than via Tarentum). ... Brindisi is an ancient city in the Italian region of Puglia, the capital of the province of Brindisi. ...

The foundations of a Paleochristian basilica came to light in excavations beneath the cathedral's crypt, but no written evidence survives of an established diocese in the Early Middle Ages. Though there is no evidence that a Lombard gastaldo had his seat at Bitonto, Lombard customs and law insinuated themselves deeply in local social fabric. Early Christian image of Christ as the Good Shepherd. ... Justinians wife Theodora and her retinue, in a 6th century mosaic from the Basilica of San Vitale in Ravenna. ... A gastald (Latin gastaldus or castaldus, Italian gastaldo or guastaldo) was a Lombard official in charge of some portion of the royal demesne (a gastaldia or castaldia) with civil, martial, and judicial powers. ...

During the ninth century, Bitonto successfully withstood a Saracen raid, in which the besiegers' leader was killed beneath the city's walls^[2] Bitonto took part in the revolt of Melus of Bari in 1009. Melus (also Milus or Meles) (d. ...

In the Middle Ages Bitonto was a fief of several baronial families, before it passed permanently in the thirteenth century to the Acquaviva, who took their name from their stronghold at Acquaviva delle Fonti:^[3] The Acquaviva were later dukes of Atri, and their minor signory of Bitonto was raised to a marquisate in 1464 by the King of Naples, Ferrante di Aragona in favour of Giovanni Antonio Acquaviva; Acquaviva delle Fonti is a town and comune with about 21,600 inhabitants in the province of Bari, Puglia, Italy. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

on his premature death it passed to his brother, the successful and cultivated condottiero Andrea Matteo Acquaviva, who exchanged it in 1487 for the marquessate of Ugento, which he subsequently lost.^[4] In 1552 the citizens paid for the city's freedom the considerable sum of 66,000 ducats. Condottieri (singular condottiero) were mercenary leaders employed by Italian city-states from the late Middle Ages until the mid-sixteenth century. ... Acquaviva family tree. ... Events April - War between Henry II of France and Emperor Charles V. Henry invades Lorraine and captures Toul, Metz, and Verdun. ... The ducat (IPA: ) is a gold coin that was used as a trade currency throughout Europe before World War I. Its weight is 3. ...

In 1734, during the War of Polish Succession, the Spanish army under Charles of Bourbon and the Duke of Montemar defeated the Austrians at the Battle of Bitonto, thus securing possession of the Kingdom of Naples for the Bourbons. The War of the Polish Succession (1733-1738) was a European war and a Polish civil war, with considerable interference from other countries, to determine the succession to Augustus II, King of Poland, as well as an attempt by the Bourbon powers to check the power of Austria in western... Charles III of Spain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... José Carrillo de Albornoz, duque de Montemar (Sevilla, 1671 - 1747) was a Spanish Army commander, who conquered the Two Sicilies and Oran. ... Combatants Spain Austria Commanders Charles de Bourbon Unknown Strength Unknown Unknown Casualties Unknown Unknown The Battle of Bitonto was a battle of the War of Polish Succession fought on May 25, 1734 between Spain and Austria near Bitonto in Italy. ... The Kingdom of Naples was born out of the division of the Kingdom of Sicily after the Sicilian Vespers rebellion of 1282. ... Also see:  Early Modern France The House of Bourbon is an important European royal house, a branch of the Capetian dynasty. ...

Main sights

The city includes a medieval burg and a modern part.

The Cathedral of Bitonto.

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• The Castle and the walls.
• The Cathedral of S. Valentino, built in the 12th-13th centuries and influenced by the Basilica of San Nicola in Bari. The west façade is divided in three parts and has three portals, the central one sculpted with vegetables motifs and scenes from the Old Testament, four mullioned windows and a rose window flanked by sculptures of animals supported by small columns. The interior has a nave and two aisles: the main artworkd is the marble ambo (1229), a masterwork of medieval Apulian sculpture.
• The church of San Francesco (12th century).
• The church of San Gaetano.
• The church of San Domenico.
• The church of Santa Caterina.
• The Sylos-Labini Palace.
• The Late Renaissance Sylos Vulpano Palace.

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Famous natives

• Tommaso Traetta, musician and reformer of the Baroque Opera.
• Gennaro Rubino, unsuccessful assassin of King Leopold II of Belgium.

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Economy

Bitonto produces olive oil, wine, beer, cereals, almonds, and handcrafted apparel.

Transportation

Bitonto is not directly connected to the Italian national railway system. However, it is serviced by an electric rail line operated privately by Ferrotramviaria. Bitonto is 8 km away from the international Karol Wojtyla Airport of Bari. Bari Karol Wojtyla International Airport (Italian: Aeroporto di Bari) (IATA: BRI, ICAO: LIBD) is an airport serving the city of Bari in Italy. ...

Notes

References

• A Virtual Tour in the city of Bitonto - Official Web site City of Bitonto, Councillorships for Tourism and Culture
• Bitonto.net

External links

• Adrian Fletcher’s Paradoxplace – Bitonto Cathedral Photo Pages

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