Terlizzi

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Terlizzi
Template: Infobox municipality in Italy / maintenance / coat of arms missingNo coat of arms available.
Terlizzi (Italy)
Terlizzi
Country Italy
region Apulia
Metropolitan city Bari  (BA)
Coordinates 41 ° 8 '  N , 16 ° 33'  E Coordinates: 41 ° 8 '0 "  N , 16 ° 33' 0"  E
height 191  m slm
surface 68.3 km²
Residents 26,546 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 389 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 70038
prefix 080
ISTAT number 072043
Popular name Terlizzesi
Patron saint Madonna di Sovereto
Website Terlizzi

Terlizzi is a southern Italian municipality ( comune ) with 26,546 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the metropolitan city of Bari in Apulia . The municipality is located in the middle of a fertile plain about 30 kilometers northwest of Bari and borders the province of Barletta-Andria-Trani . North of the municipality, the A14 autostrada runs from Taranto to Pescara , Ancona and Bologna . Because of the importance of flower cultivation, the city is also called città dei fiore .

history

The Norman Tower, built in 1075

The city is mentioned for the first time in a deed of gift from the Lombards to the Montecassino monastery from the 8th century. Since the 11th century, Terlizzi was largely under the influence of a Norman noble family from Giovinazzo , who fortified both villages and pushed back the Byzantium that had dominated until then . Among other things, a 31 meter high bell tower has been preserved from the fortress built at that time.

Personalities

Town twinning

Terlizzi maintains an intra-Italian partnership with the city of Sesto San Giovanni in the metropolitan city of Milan .

See also

supporting documents

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

Web links

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