Trinitapoli
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| Country | Italy | |
| region | Apulia | |
| province | Barletta-Andria-Trani (BT) | |
| Coordinates | 41 ° 21 ' N , 16 ° 6' E | |
| surface | 147.62 km² | |
| Residents | 14,200 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
| Population density | 96 inhabitants / km² | |
| Post Code | 71049 | |
| prefix | 0883 | |
| ISTAT number | 110010 | |
| Popular name | Casalini or Trinitapolesi | |
| Patron saint | Santo Stefano and Maria Santissima di Loreto | |
| Website | Trinitapoli | |
Trinitapoli is an Italian commune with 14,200 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Barletta-Andria-Trani , Apulia region . Before 2008, the municipality was part of the Foggia Province . The community is 5 m above sea level.
The neighboring towns of Trinitapoli are Barletta (BA), Cerignola , Margherita di Savoia , San Ferdinando di Puglia and Zapponeta .
history
The place was founded around 1600 by shepherds from Abruzzo who were on the move with their flocks ( transhumance ). In winter they led the herds to the Capitanata plain. First they built huts out of straw here. Eventually a small village came into being called Casale di Paglia (thatched hut) . In the neighborhood was Salpi, a larger settlement that had to be abandoned by its residents because of the expansion of the swamps in the area. Many of them moved to Casale di Paglia and built two churches: San Giuseppe and Sant'Anna. Soon after, the third church, Santo Stefano, was built. Today St. Stefan is one of the patrons of the place.
archeology
The original settlement of the area began much earlier. The Hypogea of Trinitapoli are two Bronze Age burial sites in which around 400 people were found buried with grave goods. Ceramics, ivory carvings and amber testify to trade relations with the cultures of the Aegean Sea and connections with the Baltic Sea region. A hypogeum was also excavated in the neighboring town of San Ferdinando di Puglia.
In the 1970s , the inscription of Trinitapoli was found on the western outskirts, near Canosa di Puglia , the former Roman provincial capital Canusium . The stone tablet comprises 34 lines of a Latin text about the organization of the late Roman tax system in the time of Sextus Petronius Probus , who was prefect of Italy, Africa and Illyria from 368 to 375 AD. The inscription provides a decree of the Emperor Valentinian I , which was not previously known from the Latin codices .
Population development
Trinitapoli has 4,894 private households . Between 1991 and 2001 the population increased from 13,604 to 14,448. This corresponds to a percentage increase of 6.2%.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
