Torremaggiore

Torremaggiore
Country	Italy
region	Apulia
province	Foggia  (FG)
Coordinates	41 ° 41 ′  N , 15 ° 17 ′  E Coordinates: 41 ° 41 ′ 0 ″  N , 15 ° 17 ′ 0 ″  E
height	169  m slm
surface	208 km²
Residents	17,012 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	82 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	71017
prefix	0882
ISTAT number	071056
Popular name	Torremaggioresi
Patron saint	San Sabino
Website	Torremaggiore

Torremaggiore is an Italian municipality with 17,012 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Foggia (FG), Apulia region . It is known for its wine and cooking oil production.

The neighboring municipalities are Casalvecchio di Puglia , Castelnuovo della Daunia , Lucera , Rotello ( CB ), San Paolo di Civitate , San Severo , Santa Croce di Magliano ( CB ) and Serracapriola .

history

Torremaggiore has its roots in the Byzantine border fortress Castel Fiorentino , about ten kilometers away , which was founded in 1018 by Basilios Boioannes , the Katepan of the Italian theme . Castel Fiorentino later passed into Norman , Hohenstaufen , Angevin and Aragonese ownership and is particularly known as the place where Frederick II died (1250). In 1255 the fortress was attacked by troops of the Papal States, whereupon the population of the place sought protection at the nearby Benedictine abbey of San Pietro . The abbot allowed them to found a new settlement, first called Codacchio , then - after merging with the inhabitants of another small fortress called Dragonara - Terra Maior , from which the Italian place name is derived. The place had to be almost completely rebuilt after an earthquake on July 30, 1627.

For centuries Torremaggiore was owned by the regional feudal lords, the princes di Sangro of San Severo . The ducal castle, a Renaissance building that goes back to a Norman fortress tower, is of particular historical interest . The six towers, four round and two square, are striking. The throne room is decorated with a fresco from the 17th century. In the castle there is also an archaeological exhibition with finds from Fiorentino.

Town twinning

• Canosa di Puglia , Italy, since 2003
• Buffalo , USA, since 2004
• Villafalletto , Italy, since 2009

Sons and daughters of the place

• Luigi Rossi (1598–1653), composer
• Raimondo di Sangro (1710–1771), alchemist and scientist
• Niccolò Fiani (1757–1799), activist of the Parthenopean Republic
• Nicola Sacco (1891–1927), anarchist in the USA
• Umberto Pettinicchio (1943), painter and sculptor

Web links

Commons : Torremaggiore  - 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.