Terlizzi

Terlizzi
Terlizzi
Comune
	Comune di Terlizzi
	Terlizzi's most important church, the Concattedrale di San Michele Arcangelo.
	Coat of arms
	Location of Terlizzi
	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	70038
Dialing code	080
Patron saint	Madonna of Sovereto
Saint day	April 23
Website	Official website

Terlizzi (

Barese: Terrèzz) is an Italian small town of 26,084 inhabitants in the Metropolitan City of Bari in Apulia, lying to the north west of the seaport of Bari on the Adriatic Sea

, in the midst of a fertile plain.

History

Terlizzi is first mentioned in an 8th-century AD document, when its

Abbey of Montecassino. After the Byzantine domination, from the 11th century Trelizzi was under the influence of the counts of Giovinazzo, whose member Amico fortified both the cities. Later it was ruled by the Tuzziaco, Wrunfort, Orsini di Taranto and Grimaldi families. The oldest map of Terlizzi still hangs in the Palace at Monte Carlo

of the latter's house.

It became a commune after the Unification of Italy in 1861, when it had 18,000 inhabitants.

Main sights

It had a castle which at one time was very strong, and occasionally resorted to by the

Emperor Frederick II, and later by the Aragonese sovereigns of Naples.^[3] Its remains include a 31-metre (102 ft) high clock tower in the center of town that was built by the Norman conquerors in the 12th century AD. The back-lit clock on that tower is the second largest in Europe after Big Ben

.

The Co-Cathedral of San Michele Arcangelo was built in Neo-Classicist style in the 18th and 19th centuries, replacing the old Romanesque Duomo of the 13th century. It houses several canvasses and a notable collection of wooden statues.

The walls and towers of the town remain, but the fosse was turned into boulevards.^[3]

In 1745, a fine Greek-made inkstand inlaid in silver was found in a nearby, ancient cove, in Suberito (at now, Sovereto). Starting from that date, was built a 22-metre (72 ft) tall triumphal wagon to keep the picture in Terlizzi's streets.

One of the last remaining stretches of the

Via Appia Traiana, built by Emperor Trajan

sometime around 115 AD. Just off this road, 1 kilometre (0.6 miles) out of the town, is the church of Santa Maria di Cesano, built in 1055 AD. It houses a precious Byzantine fresco of Christ Pantocrator. In the centre of the city is notable the big Palace built by the Barons de Gemmis, with the annexed church of Santa Maria La Nova. It is from the 18th century and was designed by the architect Luigi Vanvitelli.

People

Ferrante de Gemmis, writer
Gennaro de Gemmis, writer from the same family
Governor of Apulia
from 2005
Michele de Napoli, painter
Giuseppe Millico (1739–1802), castrato contemporary of Farinelli
Dionigi "Tony" Catalano (1921–2011)
Felipe Posada Di Terlizzi (1999–present)
Ilaria De Pinto (1983–present) Angel

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.
^ ^a ^b One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Terlizzi". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 26 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 641.

[wikidata-16139ca327c50d72c40d8c5fd3abe706b989650e-v11-1] "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.

[wikidata-6c4193b2686f905553042f4ae1ae4934aea078c8-v11-2] "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.

[EB1911-3] One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Terlizzi". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 26 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 641.

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