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Country | Italy | |
region | Apulia | |
province | Tarent (TA) | |
Coordinates | 40 ° 38 ' N , 17 ° 2' 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
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
- 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.)