Comune di Molfetta
Municipal coat of arms
Country	Italy
Region	Puglia
Province	Bari (BA)
Mayor	Antonio Azzollini
Elevation	18 m
Area	58.26 km²
Population
- Total (as of December 31, 2004)	61,184
- Density	1,061/km²
Time zone	CET, UTC+1
Coordinates	41°12′N, 16°36′E
Gentilic	Molfettesi
Dialing code	080
Postal code	70056
Patron	San Corrado di Baviera, Madonna dei Martiri
- Day	February 9, September 8
Location of Molfetta in Italy
Website: www.comune.molfetta.ba.it

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It has a well restored old city, and its own dialect. A dialect (from the Greek word διάλεκτος, dialektos) is a variety of a language characteristic of a particular group of the languages speakers. ...

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History

The earliest local signs of permanent habitation are at the Neolithic site of Pulo, one of the most important such sites in southern Italy. The origins of the city can be traced to a small fishing port; antique graves testify to a fisherman's village in the fourth century BC. The position of the future city offered a valid landing to the commerce of Roman Rubo. The first indication of a toponym on the coast between Turenum (Trani) and Natiolum (Giovinazzo) is in the Itinerarium Provinciarum Antonini Augusti, edited from a third century core. The place denominated Respa was probably a wrong transcript of the toponym Melpha, referring to a small village of fishermen. An array of Neolithic artifacts, including bracelets, axe heads, chisels, and polishing tools. ... Province of Bari Ruvo di Puglia is a town and comune in the province of Bari, Puglia, Italy. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Trani is a seaport of Apulia, southern Italy, on the Adriatic Sea, in the province of Bari, and 40 km by railway west northwest of that town. ... Giovinazzo is a small port city situated on the Adriatic coast in the province of Apulia Italy. ... The Antonine Itinerary is a Latin document that can be described as the Road Map of Roman Britain. ...

The first official document that mentions the city dates to November 925; it documents a civitas denominated Melfi, situated on a peninsula named Sant'Andrea. The city developed under Byzantine dominion, and was later conquered by the Lombards, who included it in the Duchy of Benevento. The city repelled repeated assaults by the Saracens. As an independent seaport, Molfetta traded with other Mediterranean markets, including Venice, Alexandria, Constantinople, Syria, Amalfi and Dubrovnik. Events Alfonso IV the Monk becomes king of Leon Ha-Mim proclaims himself a prophet among the Ghomara of Morocco Tomislav, duke of the Croatian duchies of Pannonia and Dalmatia, is crowned King of Croatia at Duvno field. ... Byzantine Empire at its greatest extent c. ... The Lombards (Latin Langobardi, whence comes the alternative name Longobards found in older English texts), were a Germanic people originally from Northern Europe that entered the late Roman Empire. ... The Duchy of Benevento was the southernmost Lombard duchy in medieval Italy, centred on Benevento, a city central in the Mezzogiorno. ... In older Western historical literature, the Saracens were the people of the Saracen Empire, another name for the Arab Caliphate under the rule of the Umayyad and Abbasid dynasties. ... Venice (Italian: Venezia, Venetian: Venezsia, Latin: Venetia) is a city in northern Italy, the capital of region Veneto, and has a population of 271,251 (census estimate January 1, 2004). ... Alexandria (Greek: , Coptic: , Arabic: , Egyptian Arabic: Iskindireyya), (population of 3. ... Map of Constantinople. ... Amalfi is a town and commune in the province of Salerno, in the region of Campania, Italy, on the Gulf of Salerno, 24 miles southeast of Naples. ... Nickname: 1995 map of Dubrovnik The location of Dubrovnik within Croatia Coordinates: , Country Croatia County Dubrovnik-Neretva county Government  - Mayor Dubravka Å uica (HDZ) Area  - City 143. ...

At the beginning of the eleventh century the Normans arrived, and the autonomy that the city preserved helpe foster its development as both a commercial port with the east, and as port of embarcation for pilgrims heading to the Holy Land. During the Crusades and the standstill of the same near the Santa Maria dei Martiri hospital permitted the city to assume a wider importance. Among the many pilgrims was Conrad of Bavaria (c. 1105-1154), who was so enamoured of the city that he became venerated as, San Corrado, the protecting saint of Molfetta. During the Angevin dominion the city succeeded in remaining autonomous. However, the arrival of the Aragonese kingdom to Southern Italy, spurred turbulent struggles between French, Spanish and Italians. These wars provoked death and destruction in the whole south of Italy: the Sack of Molfetta at the hands of the French, 18-19 July 1529, was an episode that stalled the economic rebirth of the city. Norman conquests in red. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Holy Land (Biblical). ... The Siege of Antioch, from a medieval miniature painting, during the First Crusade. ... Angevin (IPA: ) is the name applied to the residents of Anjou, a former province of the Kingdom of France, as well as to the residents of Angers. ...

In February 2006, Molfetta hosted International Youth Parliament, an event which took place the previous year in Canterbury.

Main sights

• Il Pulo is one of the most important Neolithic sites of southern Italy. It is a circular cave 23 m deep with grottoes and remains of old constructions.
• The Duomo of San Corrado was built in the 12th-13th centuries in Apulian-Romanesque style, using local stone on a basilica plan, a nave with two aisles divided by four central cross-shaped pilasters. The floor has two domes. From the apse area rise two 20 m- towers, one of which acted as watchtower, the other as the usual campanile.
• The church of S. Maria Assunta in Cielo, was built by the Jesuits from 1610. It houses the remains of the city's patron, San Corrado of Bavaria, in a silver reliquary bust of the saint (17th century) by G. Todaro.
• The church of San Bernardino da Siena (1451, rebuilt in 1585)includes a triptych by Duccio d'Andrea (15th century) and other later paintings. Notable is the Renaissance choir. The annexed convent is now the Palazzo Civico (town hall).
• The church of Saito Stefano, built from 1286, but with a Renaissance stone facade added in 1586.
• The church of Santa Maria Consolatrice degli Afflitti, simply known as Chiesa del Purgatorio, dating from 1643 and consecrated in 1667. The facade has statues representing Sts. Stephen, Peter, Paul and Lawrence and, on the two side summits, those of St. Joaquim and St. Anne. The interior houses paintings by Bernardo Cavallino and native-son Corrado Giaquinto.
• The Temple of Calvary, a small Neo-Gothic construction built in 1856 and designed by the local architect Corrado De Judicibus.
• Two km outside the city in the direction of Bisceglie, is the basilica-sanctuary of the Madonna dei Martiri. The current nave of the church is partially built over the old 11th century church, of which only a dome and the underlying structure remain, in today's altar area. Annexed is the Crusaders Hospital, also from the 11th century. the basilica conserves an image that was a votive gift of some Crusaders in 1188.

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Famous people from Molfetta

Personalities from Molfetta include the anti-fascist politician and writer Gaetano Salvemini, conductor Riccardo Muti, and the painter Corrado Giaquinto> Image:Gaetano Salvemini. ... Riccardo Muti (born July 28, 1941, in Naples) is an Italian conductor best known for being the Music Director of Milans La Scala opera house, a position he held from 1986 to 2005, and of The Philadelphia Orchestra from 1980 to 1992. ... Farinelli as painted by Giaquinto Corrado Giaquinto (1703 – 1765) was an Italian Rococo painter. ...

External links

• Comune di Molfetta homepage (Italian)
• QuindiciGiorni - Web site of one of the most popular city journals (Italian)
• Catholic Encyclopedia: "Molfetta, Terlizzi and Giovinazzo"

Puglia · Comuni of the Province of Bari

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