Giovinazzo

Giovinazzo
Giovinazzo
Comune
	Comune di Giovinazzo
	View of Giovinazzo from the sea.
	Coat of arms
	Location of Giovinazzo
	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	70054
Dialing code	080
Patron saint	St. Thomas
Saint day	July 3 Madonna di Corsignano
Website	Official website

Giovinazzo (

Barese: Scevenàzze) is a town, comune (municipality) and former bishopric within the Metropolitan City of Bari, Apulia

region, southeastern Italy.

History

It was a small fortified centre of the

Peucete Netium which was destroyed during the Punic Wars.^[3]

After the Byzantine period, it became a countship (later a duchy). It became later a flourishing commercial centre, that had trading connections with Venice.

Main sights

The co-cathedral, dedicated to Santa Maria Assunta (Mary's Assumption), built in the Norman period (1150–1180), in characteristic Apulian Romanesque style featuring Eastern and Western elements, consecrated in 1283 under bishop Giovanni II; under bishop Paolo De Mercurio (1731–1752) it got a thorough Baroque remodeling.
Ducal Palace/Castle (17th century)
Two columns of the Via Traiana, which however did not pass through the city.

In the neighbourhood is

Frederick II Hohenstaufen

.

People

American actor John Turturro's father, Nicholas Turturro, emigrated to the United States from Giovinazzo in the first half of the 20th century.
Raffaele Sollecito, falsely accused and incarcerated for the homicide of Meredith Kercher
.

Enzo Camporeale, pianist and composer

References

^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ Collenuccio da Pesaro, Historia del Regno di Napoli, Naples, 1557