Castelluccio dei Sauri

Castelluccio dei Sauri
Country	Italy
region	Apulia
province	Foggia  (FG)
Coordinates	41 ° 18 ′  N , 15 ° 29 ′  E Coordinates: 41 ° 18 ′ 0 ″  N , 15 ° 29 ′ 0 ″  E
height	284  m slm
surface	51.31 km²
Residents	2,097 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	41 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	71025
prefix	0881
ISTAT number	071015
Popular name	Castelluccesi
Patron saint	San Salvator ( Jesus )
Website	Castelluccio dei Sauri

Castellucci dei Sauri viewed from the southeast

Castelluccio dei Sauri is an Italian municipality ( comune ) with 2097 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Foggia in Apulia . The municipality is located about 16 kilometers south-southwest of Foggia in the Gargano National Park and also belongs to the Comunità Montana del Gargano .

history

The community is located in the Daunier settlement area . During the later Roman rule it was a small settlement ( oppidulum ). In a medieval document, Castelluccio dei Sauri is mentioned in 1118 in a gift from Robert II of Loritello. In 1273 the place was owned by Hugo von Brienne , Duke of Brienne and Lecce .

At the end of the 14th and the beginning of the 15th century, the place became depopulated and in 1446 it was repopulated by around 60 families from Albania who introduced the Greek Orthodox rite. After the destruction by the viceroy Pedro Álvarez de Toledo in 1549, Castelluccio became a fief of the Guevara family in 1564 and remained so until the abolition of feudalism by Joseph Bonaparte at the beginning of the 19th century.

In 1980 the community was badly damaged by an earthquake.

Web links

Commons : Castelluccio dei Sauri  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.