Volturara Appula
Volturara Appula | |
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Comune di Volturara Appula | |
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Coordinates: 41°30′N 15°3′E / 41.500°N 15.050°E | |
Country | Italy |
Region | ![]() |
Province | Foggia (FG) |
Government | |
• Mayor | Vincenzo Zibisco |
Area | |
• Total | 51.88 km2 (20.03 sq mi) |
Elevation | 510 m (1,670 ft) |
Population (30 November 2013)[2] | |
• Total | 467 |
• Density | 9.0/km2 (23/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 500.[3]
History
Founded in about 50 BC, Vulturaria, as it was previously called, was ruled at various times by its bishops, and by the Caracciolo family, who built the Palazzo Ducale.[4]
Main sights
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 Prince Bartolomeo Caracciolo in thanksgiving for recovery from illness.[4]
Bishopric
Its bishopric, the Diocese of Vulturara, which already existed in the 10th century, 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, as part of 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]
Notable residents
- Giuseppe Conte, law professor and current Prime Minister of Italy
References
- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ All demographics and other statistics from the Italian statistical institute (Istat)
- ^ Comune di Volturara Appula
- ^ a b Official website of Volturara Appula
- ^ a b c Giuseppe Cappelletti, Le Chiese d'Italia dalla loro origine sino ai nostri giorni, Venezia 1864, vol. XIX, pp. 293-303
- ^ Bull De utiliori, in Bullarii romani continuatio, Tomus XV, Romae 1853, pp. 56-61
- ^ Ánnuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013, ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 1010
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