Valenzano

Valenzano is a common of approximately: 18000 inhabitants, located in the Province of Bari in the area of the Pouilles, in the southernmost Italy.

Geography

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History

The origin of Valenzano is very known little about and information one has on this subject is dubious. What is certain, it is that the place where the current commune of Valenzano is located was inhabited since highest Antiquité. archaeological excavations made it possible to find tombs going back to fourth century BC.

We do not have any sure source concerning the foundation of the current commune. At the 18th century, the father Bonaventura Da LAMA, in his Cronaca de' Minori Osservanti Riformati beyond provincia di S. Nicolò , chronicle published with Lecce in 1724, affirms that Valenzano was founded in the neighborhoods of the year 845, time to which the Province of Bari was invaded by the Sarrasins. But no document makes it possible to confirm this assertion.

Economy

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Culture

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Monuments and inheritance

Church Santa Maria di San Luca (17th century).

Commemorative event

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Administration

Hamlets

Communes bordering

Adelfia, Bari, Capurso, Casamassima

Personalities born in Valenzano

Giovanni Lamorgese (° 1966), sculptor.

Twinnings

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See too

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