Francavilla Fontana

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Comune in Apulia, Italy

Francavilla Fontana
Comune
Comune di Francavilla Fontana
View of the "Umberto I" square
Francavilla within the Province of Brindisi
Location of Francavilla Fontana
UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	72021
Dialing code	0831
Patron saint	Madonna della Fontana
Saint day	September 14
Website	Official website

The name Francavilla has French-Norman origins: "Franca" (tax-free) and "villa" (town). The specification Fontana ("fountain") alludes to a vision of the Virgin Mary witnessed by Prince Filippo d'Angiò, who hence declaring the town a tax-free haven, according to the local legend.

Geography

Francavilla is located in the Altosalento, on the last

• The massive square Castle (Palazzo Imperiali) of the Imperiali family, to whom, with Oria, it was sold by St. Charles Borromeo in the 16th century for 40,000 ounces of gold, which he distributed in one day to poor and plague-infected people in Milan.^[5]
• Mother Church, built from 1743 over a former Angevine construction.
• Torre dell'Orologio (watchtower), built in 1750.

Transport

The town, 18 km east of Taranto-Grottaglie Airport, is served by the SS7 "Appia" highway. The local railway station is a junction point between the lines Taranto–Brindisi, owned by the national company FS, and Martina–Lecce, owned by FSE. It is served by regional and, on the Taranto-Brindisi line, by long-distance trains also.

Sport

The local football club is the Virtus Francavilla, that has its home ground in John Paul II Stadium.

People

• Ottaviano Andriani (b. 1974), marathon runner
• Cosimo Caliandro (1982–2011), middle-distance runner
• Clementina Forleo (b. 1963), judge
• Giuseppe Renato Imperiali (1651–1737), cardinal
• Michele Imperiali Simeana (1736–1782), prince
• Giacomo Leone (b. 1971), long-distance runner
• Francesco Ribezzo (b. 8 May 1875, died Lecce, 19 October 1952), glottologist - the science of tongues or languages; comparative philology, particularly the dialect of F. Fontana

Twin towns

• San Giovanni al Natisone, Italy

See also

• Minor Basilica of the Most Holy Rosary

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Francavilla Fontana.

• (in Italian) Official website
• "Francavilla Fontana". Brindisi Virtual Tour (in Italian). Archived from the original on 24 May 2009. Retrieved 25 March 2008.

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