Conversano

Conversano
Country	Italy
region	Apulia
Metropolitan city	Bari  (BA)
Coordinates	40 ° 58 ′  N , 17 ° 7 ′  E Coordinates: 40 ° 58 ′ 0 ″  N , 17 ° 7 ′ 0 ″  E
height	219  m slm
surface	126 km²
Residents	26,122 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	207 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	70014
prefix	080
ISTAT number	072019
Popular name	Conversanesi
Patron saint	San Flaviano
Website	Conversano
Castello di Conversano

Conversano is a city in the Italian region of Apulia and its metropolitan city Bari , about 30 km southeast of Bari , 7 km from the Adriatic Sea and about 219 meters above sea ​​level . 26,122 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) live there on an area of ​​126 km².

history

Conversano was an important county in the Middle Ages, whose counts were related by marriage to the Norman rulers in the Kingdom of Sicily and the Kingdom of England . Among the counts are:

• Robert von Basseville, Robert de Basseville de Normandy de Loretel Count of Conversano, married Judith of Sicily, daughter of Count Roger I ( Hauteville )
• Goffredo de Basseville de Normandy (Gottfried), Count of Conversano;
  • Sibilla († 1103), married Duke Robert of Normandy ( Rollonids ) in 1100
  • Altrude, married Richard von Principate († 1129) ( Hauteville )
• Hugo , Count of Brienne and Lecce , 1289 Lord of Conversano, † 1296 ( House of Brienne )
• Walter V. , Count of Brienne, Lecce and Conversano, † 1311, his son
• Walter VI. , Count of Brienne, Lecce and Conversano, † 1356, his son
• Isabella , Countess of Brienne, Lecce and Conversano, † 1360, his sister; ∞ Walter III. by Enghien ( House Enghien )
• Louis d'Enghien , Count of Conversano and Brienne , Lord of Enghien (Belgium) , their son
• Marguerite d'Enghien , Countess of Conversano and Brienne, Dame d'Enghien, whose daughter testifies to 1393; ∞
  • I Pierre des Baux
  • II Jacopo di Sanseverino
  • III Jean II. De Luxembourg , Count of Brienne and Conversano, † 1397
• Peter I of Luxembourg (* 1390, † 1433) Count of Brienne and Conversano from 1397–1433 and Count of Saint-Pol , son of John II.
• Ludwig von Luxemburg (* 1418, † 1475) Count of Saint-Pol , Brienne , Ligny and Conversano, son of Peter I and Marguerite des Baux
• Giovanni Antonio Orsini del Balzo († 1463), Prince of Taranto and Count of Conversano
• Caterina, whose illegitimate daughter, Countess von Conversano, married Giuliantonio Acquaviva d'Aragona, 7th Duke of Atri , in 1456 .
• Giangirolamo II. Acquaviva d'Aragona († 1665 ), 8th Count of Conversano.

Attractions

Madonna della Fonte in the Cathedral di Santa Maria Assunta

• The main attraction is the medieval castle from the time when the Normans and subsequently the Hohenstaufen ruled the Kingdom of Sicily .
• The Romanesque cathedral di Santa Maria Assunta is the seat of the diocese of Conversano-Monopoli .
• The baroque church of SS. Cosma e Damiano
• The San Benedetto Monastery
• The Marchione Castle and the ruins of Castiglione

traffic

Conversano has a train station on the Bari – Martina Franca – Taranto railway line .

Sports

The Conversano handball team became Italian champions in the 2002/03, 2003/04, 2005/06 and 2009/10 seasons.

Web links

Commons : Conversano  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website
• Pallamano Conversano handball team

Individual evidence

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