Modugno (Apulia)

Modugno
Country	Italy
region	Apulia
Metropolitan city	Bari  (BA)
Coordinates	41 ° 5 '  N , 16 ° 47'  E Coordinates: 41 ° 5 '0 "  N , 16 ° 47' 0"  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

Santuario di Santa Maria della Grotta

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

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

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.