Rodi Garganico
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| Comune di Rodi Garganico | |||
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 Rodi Garganico
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| Coordinates: 41°55′46″N 15°53′05″E / 41.92944°N 15.88472°ECoordinates: 41°55′46″N 15°53′05″E / 41.92944°N 15.88472°E | |||
| Country | Italy | ||
| Region | Puglia | ||
| Province | Province of Foggia (FG) | ||
| Frazioni | Lido del Sole | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 13.23 km2 (5.11 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 46 m (151 ft) | ||
| Population (31 December 2003)[1] | |||
| • Total | 3,702 | ||
| • Density | 280/km2 (720/sq mi) | ||
| Demonym | Rodiani | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 71012 | ||
| Dialing code | 0884 | ||
| Patron saint | Madonna della Libera | ||
| Saint day | 2 July | ||
| Website | Official website | ||
Rodi Garganico (Italian pronunciation: [ˈrɔːdi ɡarˈɡaːniko]; locally Roud' IPA: [ˈroɵːd̪(ĕ)] or Rur' [ˈrʊːɾ])[2] is an Italian town of 3,681 inhabitants, in the province of Foggia in Apulia. It belongs to the National Park of gargano and the Mountain Community of Gargano. It is an important center for the production of citrus fruits[3] such us Arance del Gargano (Gargano Orange) and Lemon "Femminiello" of Gargano, both DOP products), made since the Middle Age[4]
A seaside resort, it has received a number of Blue Flag awards[5] dalla Foundation for Environmental Education. In 2009 it won three sails of Goletta Verde by Legambiente.[6]
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[edit] History
[edit] The origins
The origin of Rodi Garganico must be connected to the expansionistic movement of the Rodiis Argivi, a Greek population, that in the 8th century B.C. colonized the coasts because they were attracted by the climate.
According to Cellarius and Theodor Mommsen instead, Rodi Garganico could have been rebuilt on the ruins of the mythical Uria destroyed after wars; of the opposite opinion is the historian Michelangelo De Grazia, who contemporarily describes Rodi and Uria.
Plinio, finally, mentions a Portus Garnae that the historians identify with the old harbour of Rodi Garganico, whose ruins were visible up to the beginning of the last century. An epigraph suggests that Rodi Garganico, in the Roman Age, pits a province administered by the "comite" Gneo Suilio Mascillioni, judge and collector of tributes.
In the place "Sotto il Castello" (under the castle) today is also visible the defensive walls and, buried in the cliff, a trap door through which is entered to a place on whose lintel is written Tabularium .
The tabulario, in the Roman Age, was the person employed to the vigilance of the measurers of cereals and wheat to prevent frauds that they often committed him, therefore in that room accounting was recorded and they was held preserved the weights and the measures and since the commercial activity of Rodi Garganico was for a long time the only mean of communication of the Gargano, that trap door had to serve to embark on the ships the agricultural products of all her Headed.
[edit] From the Middle Age to today
After the fall of Rome, difficult times followed : Rodi Garganico was destroyed by the Goths in the 485 d.C., reconstructed in 553 after the Greek-Gothic war and attached by the Saracen in the year 950.
In 1240, when the town was allied with Fred II, it was ransacked by the Venetians and in 1446 it was conquered by Alfonso V of Aragon and such it remained up to the 19th century. In the 18th century it was home to Gioacchino Murat, King of Naples and soldier in the Napoleonic army. Murat stayed in the town whilst he looked for a way to return to Naples following Napoleon's fall.
Last century, when Italy was under Fascism, Rodi Garganico entered a period of discreet economic development thanks to the construction of the railroad. Immediately after the second world war, trade of citrus fruit, the main export of the city, slowed down because of the international situation. Since then, and up to the last decade the sector has found a new and more solid development.
Today it has definitely developed as a tourist destination. Already a noted bathing destination in the 1960s, through important processes of retraining, it has revalued in its own history and rediscovered the perfumes and the fruits that its earth offers. The recent construction of the harbour has strengthened the town's position on the Mediterranean tourist circuit.
[edit] Geography
Rodi Garganico is located on the northern coast of the Gargano peninsula, less than five kilometers from San Menaio and from Ischitella. Foggia is 90 km away and can be reached from the E88 using the Poggio Imperiale-Gargano exit, trough the SSV of the Gargano highway. The inhabited area is on a rocky promontory among two long sandy beaches a few kilometers east of the Lake of Varano. It is surrounded by lush vegetation, primarily citrus fruits, pines, olive and fig trees.
The historical center has medieval origin, as are the surrounding boundaries. The old town is characterized by narrow and, often, steep alleys with tangled and complex layouts that allow most houses to view the ocean. This is also due to the topography and geography of the land, as the town is built on a point surrounded by the Adriatic Sea on three sides in response to the commercial needs of the town.
[edit] Territory
The coast, which extends toward the North, is characterized by long beaches whose continuity is interrupted by the promontory on which stands the town of Rodi Garganico. The sand of beaches are clear and characterized by particularly fine grain.[7]
[edit] East beach
The beach, sheltered by northwest through the screen offered by the port, stretches for about 4 km in length almost to the beach of San Menaio, and is large in the vicinity of town more than 60 meters.[8] In 2009, following the dredging of the seabed made during the construction of the marina, hundreds of thousands of cubic meters of sand were added all'arenile, helping to further increase the width along the coastal front.[9]
[edit] West beach
The west beach is spread west of the city including the BeachandSanta Barbara Bay Beach Beach of the sun, which concentrates most of the tourist infrastructure Rhodians.[10]
The beach stretches to the municipality border with Ischitella for a total length of 4950 m and is formed in the western section by a long series of sandy Dunes sloping slowly into the sea, while in the first 400 meters west of the port has gravel and sand for the presence of transported pebbles from the washout of rain and tides.[10] The beach is interrupted at the mouth of the River Romandato.[10]
[edit] Climate
The atmosphere, already warm by latitude and longitude, influenced by the sea that mitigates the winter cold and summer heat.[11] The average annual temperature is 16 °C.[11] The coldest month is January (8 °C on average) and the warmest are July and August (27th).[11]
From legislative point of view the town of Rhodes Garganico falls in climatic zone C as the degree days of the city is 1353, then the maximum permitted limit for ' heating is switched on 10 hours a day from November 15 in March 31.
- Climate classification: Area C, 1353 DD
[edit] References
- ^ All demographics and other statistics from the Italian statistical institute (Istat)
- ^ (Canepàri, 1999 page 433)
- ^ (Manicone, 1806 pages 155-156)
- ^ (Hardy, Hole, Pozzan, 2008 page 95)
- ^ Since the 2000 to the 2010
- ^ Località segnalate dalla Guida Blu 2009 di Legambiente
- ^ Legambiente, 2005 p. 129
- ^ APT Regione Puglia, 2009 op. cit. p. 16
- ^ G. Bruno, 2009
- ^ a b c APT Regione Puglia, 2009 op. cit. p. 17
- ^ a b c Rodi Garganico Online. "Location of Rodi Garganico". http://www.rodigarganico.info/italiano/citta/cennigeografici.html. Retrieved 10-03-2010.
[edit] Bibliography
- Province of Foggia (2009) (pdf). sand, gravel, pebbles: the beaches of the Gargano. Foggia: APT. http://www.viaggiareinpuglia.it/allegati/APT/le_spiagge_del_gargano_1244026813827.pdf.
- The language of Rhodes. Parnassus Publishing. 2009. ISBN 8896083044.
- Braccesi; Mario Luni (2002). Hesperia, The Greeks in the Adriatic. Supplement of the International Conference. The herm Bretschneider. pp. vol. 11–15. ISBN 8882651622. http://books.google.com/books?id=Mc7vxiqIyGcC&pg=PA235&lpg=PA235&dq=elpie.
- Canepari (1999). The deptl: Dictionary of Italian pronunciation. Zanichelli. ISBN 8808093441. http://books.google.com/books?lr=&cd=128&hl=it&id=YoUUAQAAIAAJ&q=Rodi.
- Capece Tomacelli (1840). History of the Kingdom of Naples from 1458 to 1464. Naples. http://books.google.iT/books?id=rVUvAAAAYAAJ.
- Dal Sasso; G. Ruggiero, G. Marinelli (2009) (PDF). The rural historic sites. University of Bari. Bari. http://www.aiia2009.it/CD/pdf/6-19.pdf.
- De Grazia (1889) (16 "). Historical memories of Rodi Garganico with some comments about Gargano. San Severo: De Girolamo.
- De Grazia (1913). Historical Notes on the Gargano. Naples: Edizioni Cultura Moderna.
- De Grazia (1935). Appendix to the historical memories of Rhodes Garganico. Torremaggiore: Tip. Vincenzo Caputo.
- de Leonardis (1858). General Monograph of the Gargano. Naples: Stab. Polygraphic Pansini. http://books.google.com/books?id=ajovAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=it.
