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Francavilla Fontana

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Country
  
Italy

Province / Metropolitan city
  
Brindisi (BR)

Elevation
  
142 m (466 ft)

Province
  
Province of Brindisi

Region
  
Apulia

Frazioni
  
Bax Capece

Demonym(s)
  
Francavillesi

Local time
  
Thursday 1:19 AM

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Weather
  
10°C, Wind NW at 18 km/h, 77% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Palazzo Bottari, Palazzo Carissimo, Palazzo Salerno, Palazzo Caroli‑Forleo‑Scazzeri

Francavilla Fontana is a town and comune (municipality) in the province of Brindisi and region of Apulia, in southern Italy. And it's also called the town of the "Imperiali", after the Imperiali, a family of feudal lords who ruled the town from the end of 16th century until the 18th century.

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Map of 72021 Francavilla Fontana, Province of Brindisi, Italy

Geography

Francavilla is located in the Altosalento, on the last Murge's hills, and it is equidistant, about 35 kilometres (22 mi), from Taranto and Brindisi.

History

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.

Main sights

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

    • Twin towns

  • San Giovanni al Natisone, Italy

    • References

    Francavilla Fontana Wikipedia
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