Corato

Corato
Country	Italy
region	Apulia
Metropolitan city	Bari (BA)
Coordinates	41 ° 9 ′ N , 16 ° 24 ′ E Coordinates: 41 ° 9 ′ 0 ″ N , 16 ° 24 ′ 0 ″ E
height	232 m slm
surface	167 km²
Residents	48,019 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	288 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	70033
prefix	080
ISTAT number	072020
Popular name	Coratini
Patron saint	Cataldus
Website	Corato

Corato is a southern Italian municipality ( comune ) with 48,019 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the metropolitan city of Bari in Apulia . Bari , the capital of the metropolitan city, is about 40 km away to the east. The municipality borders the province of Barletta-Andria-Trani . Parts of the municipality of Corato belong to the Parco Nazionale dell'Alta Murgia . The place gave the name to the Coratina olive variety .

history

The area around Corato has been known to have been inhabited since the late Bronze Age. From the 14th century BC The dolmen Chianca dei Paladini comes from the 4th century BC . An Italian necropolis with tumulus graves from the 8th to 5th centuries BC was found near San Magno, about 13 km south-southeast of Corato. There was also evidence of trade contacts across the Mediterranean.

The settlement of today's city goes back to the 3rd century BC. BC back. Allegedly a veteran of the general Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus named Caius Oratus founded a village, whereupon the name changed over time. The variants Coratus , Coratum , Curati (in the Norman-Staufer epoch), Quarata and Quadrata (in the Spanish period, but also during the short-lived Duchy of Bisceglie) have been handed down. It was only the Bourbons who established today's name . The Via Appia Traiana also ran along here.

With Christianization, saints were venerated, especially San Vito and St. Lucia . In the course of the incastellamento , the process of retreat and the building of castles in the early Middle Ages, walls were built up to the port of Trani and a lookout called "Turris lunga". In the 11th century the Normans conquered the area, Pietro di Trani received Corato in 1046. The town charter granted this year went hand in hand with the sovereign demand for four towers and a wall. The city remained loyal to the emperor and stood on the side of Frederick II and Konradin . Since the conquest by Charles I of Anjou , the city adopted the motto cor sine labe doli (heart without stains of wickedness).

Under Alfonso V , Corato became part of the Kingdom of Aragon at the end of the 15th century . The city soon became part of the Kingdom of Naples , only to be owned by the Carafa family , who received it as a fief . In 1503 there were battles with the Venetians who were holding Trani at that time.

Palazzo De Mattis, around 1900

Under the Bourbons, who had ruled since the 16th century, a revolt broke out in 1799 under the leadership of the citizen Federico Quinto.

traffic

Corato is a little south of the A14 autostrada and on Strada Statale 378. There is a rail connection to the Bari – Barletta line to Bari.

Town twinning

Corato has had a partnership with the French city of Grenoble in the Isère department since 1999 .

Sons and daughters

Luigi Renna (* 1966), Catholic clergyman and bishop of Cerignola-Ascoli Satriano

Individual evidence

↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
^ Dolmen Chianca dei Paladini Corato , pugliaimperiale turismo.
^ Necropolis of San Magno Corato. VIII.–V. Century BC BC , pugliaimperiale turismo.

Web links

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

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

[2] Dolmen Chianca dei Paladini Corato , pugliaimperiale turismo.

[3] Necropolis of San Magno Corato. VIII.–V. Century BC BC , pugliaimperiale turismo.