Frazioni San Lorenzo Demonym(s) Valenzanesi Postal code 70010 | Elevation 85 m (279 ft) Time zone CET (UTC+1) Province Province of Bari | |
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Weather 8°C, Wind W at 5 km/h, 94% Humidity Saint day 15–16–17 August (St. Roch); 13 June (St. Anthony) | ||
Valenzano is a town and comune in the province of Bari, in Apulia, Italy. It is home to several centers of scientific research, including Tecnopolis, one of the biggest of the Southern Italy in addition to The Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari (MAIB) part of the International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM).
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Map of 70010 Valenzano Metropolitan City of Bari, Italy
Sights include the All Saints' Church, a former 11th century abbey, and the late Renaissance church of St Roch. The baronial castle was reconstructed in 1870.
History
According to medieval historian Bonaventura da Lama, Valenzano was founded by a Greek man, named Valentinian or Valentian, who arrived in Apulia in the 8th-9th century escaping an invasion of Saracens. Historically, the area was inhabited in prehistoric and early historic times (up to 4th century BC) by the Peucetii, of Illyrian origins, as testified by funerary findings.