Locorotondo

Coordinates: 40°45′21″N 17°19′35″E / 40.75583°N 17.32639°E / 40.75583; 17.32639
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Locorotondo
Comune
Comune di Locorotondo
View from the Itria Valley
View from the Itria Valley
Coat of arms of Locorotondo
Coat of arms
Location of Locorotondo
Map
UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
70010
Dialing code080
Patron saintSt. Roch/St.George
Saint day16 August/23 April
WebsiteOfficial website

Locorotondo (

Barese: U Curdunne) is a town and municipality of the Metropolitan City of Bari, Apulia, southern Italy, with a population of about 14,000. It is situated between Martina Franca and Alberobello in the Valle d'Itria, a green stretch of countryside dotted with the famous whitewashed cone-roofed trulli houses. Locorotondo is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy")[3] and it has been awarded the Orange Flag of the Touring Club of Italy due to the harmony of its shapes and the accessibility of the old town, as it can be easily visited on foot. It is an intricate network of little streets lined with old buildings and it is known for its typical houses called "Le Cummerse", which have a regular geometric shape and a sloping roof made of two different layers of limestone slabs.[4]
These dwellings have nowadays been renovated and offered to visitors in the form of scattered hotels.


History

Interior of the church of St. George the Martyr

The site has been settled since ancient times, as testified by archaeological finds dating between the 3rd and the 7th century BC. The foundation of the town dates back to around 1000 AD as an unfortified hamlet under the jurisdiction of the

feudal lords, remained in Locorotondo until the beginning of the 19th century.[citation needed
]

Heritage and main sights

Street in the center, with the clock tower in the background

Locorotondo's heritage includes the Mother Church of "St. George the Martyr", built between 1769 and 1821 and characterized by a renaissance-style façade and some neo-classical elements, the Romanesque church of Madonna della Greca and the church of "San Rocco". It hedges its bets with two patron saints; San Giorgio who is celebrated with a market fair on 22 and 23 April and San Rocco, who is awarded a day of musical celebrations (called la Diana), as he still represents the liberation of the town from the plague of the XVII century.[5] The beauty of the historic centre is also constituted by a labyrinth of white alleys, jealously guarded by their inhabitants. The Locorotondo countryside is an example of an area of dispersed settlements (jazzelere) and has an abundance of trulli dwellings which were built around a communal area called "jazzile". This settlement pattern is due in large part to emphyteutic leases, particularly in the 19th century for the development of vineyards.[6]

Locorotondo DOC

The town produces a white

labelled with the Locorotondo DOC designation.[7]

Twin towns

References

  1. ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Puglia" (in Italian). Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  4. ^ Mongiello, L. (1996). Masserie di Puglia, Bari.
  5. ^ Montanaro, P. - Tursi, G. (1991). Guida di Locorotondo, Locorotondo.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ Anthony H Galt, Far from the Church Bells (CUP, 1991)
  7. ISBN 1-55297-720-X

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