Triggiano

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Triggiano
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Triggiano (Italy)
Triggiano
Country Italy
region Apulia
Metropolitan city Bari  (BA)
Coordinates 41 ° 4 ′  N , 16 ° 55 ′  E Coordinates: 41 ° 4 ′ 0 "  N , 16 ° 55 ′ 0"  E
height 60  m slm
surface 19 km²
Residents 26,993 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 1,421 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 70019
prefix 080
ISTAT number 072046
Popular name triggianesi
Patron saint Mary of the Cross
Website Triggiano
Triggiano
Triggiano

Triggiano is a town in Apulia , Italy , southeast of Bari with 26,993 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019).

Geographical location

Triggiano is about five kilometers from Bari. The distance to the Adriatic Sea, which lies in the northeast, is also only five kilometers.

To the southeast lies Noicattaro , in the south Cellamare and west of the city Bitritto .

Worth seeing

The medieval townscape of Triggiano can still be seen in the Rione Ponte district. It takes its name from the access to the city via a drawbridge. Sights are:

  • The church of Santa Maria Veterana hypogeum and the paintings in its inner aisles .
  • The Church of San Lorenzo
  • The “Madonna-della-Croce” frescoes in the patronage church of the same name

Celebrations and events

Every year on the third Sunday in September there is a patronage festival in honor of Our Lady of the Cross. During this time, numerous emigrant families from all over the world, especially from the USA and Venezuela, come to the hometown of their ancestors to celebrate with the locals.

Population development

traffic

Triggiano has a train station on the Bari – Martina Franca – Taranto line .

Community partnerships

Web links

Commons : Triggiano  - 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.