Motto

Motto
Country	Italy
region	Apulia
province	Tarent (TA)
Coordinates	40 ° 38 ' N , 17 ° 2' E Coordinates: 40 ° 38 '0 " N , 17 ° 2' 0" E
height	387 m slm
surface	292.33 km²
Residents	15,752 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density	54 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	74017
prefix	099
ISTAT number	073019
Popular name	Mottolesi
Patron saint	Thomas Becket
Website	Motto
	; Palazzo Comunale in Mottola

Mottola is a municipality ( comune ) in the southern Italian province of Taranto .

geography

The community lies on the edge of the Murgia , the Apulian karst landscape . It has 15,752 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019).

history

From the end of the 11th century until 1818 Mottola was the seat of a suffragan diocese of Taranto , then it was united with the diocese of Castellaneta . In 1968 it was used as the titular bishopric of Motula .

In 1102 the place was destroyed in a popular uprising.

Attractions

Chiesa Madre

The Chiesa Madre di Santa Maria Assunta dates from the 12th century. Its facade architecture has striking similarities with the churches of Laterza and Ostuni .

traffic

To the south of the village is the Palagiano-Mottola station on the Bari – Taranto railway line , and to the north was the San Basilio-Móttola station , which was abandoned when the new line went into operation in 1997.

Sons and daughters of the place

Umberto Montanaro (born September 26, 1904 in Mottola, † October 28, 1967 in Lugano ), musician, composer, head of the Civica Filarmonica of Lugano
Enzo Lippolis (1956–2018), classical archaeologist

Web links

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

Official site comune.mottola.ta.it (Italian)

Individual evidence

↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
^ Railway Atlas Italy and Slovenia / Atlante ferroviario d'Italia e Slovenia . Schweers + Wall 2010. ISBN 978-3-89494-129-1 , p. 81.
↑ Umberto Montanaro (Italian) on http://www.ricercamusica.ch/dizionario/index.html (accessed on: October 27, 2017.)

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

[2] Railway Atlas Italy and Slovenia / Atlante ferroviario d'Italia e Slovenia . Schweers + Wall 2010. ISBN 978-3-89494-129-1 , p. 81.

[3] Umberto Montanaro (Italian) on http://www.ricercamusica.ch/dizionario/index.html (accessed on: October 27, 2017.)