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Triggiano

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Country
  
Italy

Province / Metropolitan city
  
Bari (BA)

Demonym(s)
  
Triggianesi

Area
  
19 km²

Local time
  
Friday 10:26 PM

Dialling code
  
080

Region
  
Apulia

Elevation
  
60 m (200 ft)

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Province
  
Province of Bari

Postal code
  
70019

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Weather
  
12°C, Wind W at 3 km/h, 89% Humidity

Triggiano is a small town (comune) in the southern part of the province of Bari and region of Apulia, southern Italy. It lies a few miles inland from the port of Bari on the Adriatic Sea.

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Map of 70019 Triggiano Metropolitan City of Bari, Italy

Overview

The town originated in the 14th century around a "university". The "Rione Ponte" or Bridge quarter, so named for the moving bridge that allowed access to the town, retains medieval structures. Among the landmarks in the town are:

  • Santa Maria Veterana hypogeum near the "Rione Ponte".
  • Lama San Giorgio zone.
  • San Lorenzo church in the grotto.
  • Madonna della Croce church with its frescoes
  • Rione Ponte
  • In 2006, the population of Triggiano was around 30,000 persons. Triggiano is well connected to the Bari downtown via "Sud-Est" railways and buses. Triggiano has important communities of emigrants in the United States and Venezuela. The city is a sister city of Addison, Illinois, in the United States.

    During the "Madonna dell Croce" city remembrance, immigrates from US and from Venezuela use to come back to visit, or to show their children, their origin. Exiles would donate money in honor of the "Madonna della Croce". This commemoration take place on the 3rd week end of September.

    References

    Triggiano Wikipedia