Modugno (Apulia)
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Country | Italy | |
region | Apulia | |
Metropolitan city | Bari (BA) | |
Coordinates | 41 ° 5 ' N , 16 ° 47' E | |
height | 76 m slm | |
surface | 31.9 km² | |
Residents | 37,667 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
Population density | 1,181 inhabitants / km² | |
Post Code | 70026 | |
prefix | 080 | |
ISTAT number | 072027 | |
Popular name | Modugnesi | |
Patron saint | San Nicola da Tolentino | |
Website | Modugno |
Modugno is an Italian city in the metropolitan city of Bari in Apulia .
Location and dates
Modugno has 37,667 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). It is 11 km southwest of Bari . The neighboring municipalities are Bari, Bitetto , Bitonto and Bitritto . Outside the city is the former place Balsignano.
history
People lived here even in prehistoric times. The oldest surviving documentary mention of Modugno comes from 1021.
Attractions
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L'Annunciazione by Bartolomeo Vivarini
The pilgrimage church Santuario di Santa Maria della Grotta is worth seeing . It is located about 3 kilometers outside of Modugno. The painting L'Annunciazione by Bartolomeo Vivarini is in the church of Maria Santissima Annunziata .
traffic
Street
The place is on the A14 motorway .
railroad
Modugno has two train stations and one stop :
- On the Bari – Taranto railway line of the Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane (FS) is the currently operated Modugno Città stop and the former Modugno station, which is now only used as a depot . The latter should be abandoned when a planned route straightening has been implemented.
- Modugno FAL station is located on the narrow-gauge Bari – Matera (950 mm) railway operated by Ferrovie Appulo – Lucane (FAL) .
Personalities
- Konrad von Bayern (around 1105–1154), died on March 17, 1154 in Modugno.
- Michele Corcella (* 1973), jazz musician
Web links
Commons : Modugno - collection of images, videos and audio files
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.