Terlizzi

Terlizzi is a southern Italian municipality ( comune ) with 26,974 inhabitants (as of 31 December 2012) in the province of Bari, in Puglia. The community is located about 30 kilometers northwest of Bari in the midst of a fertile plain, bordering the province of Barletta -Andria -Trani. North of the village the Autostrada A14 runs from Taranto to Pescara, Ancona and Bologna. Due to the significance of the flowers growing, the city also città dei fiore is called.

History

The town is first mentioned in a deed of the Lombards to the monastery of Monte Cassino from the 8th century. Since the 11th century Terlizzi was largely under the influence of a Norman noble family from Giovinazzo, which fixed both towns, and that until then belonged to Byzantium drove back. From that time, built at a 31 -meter high bell tower has been preserved among others.

Personalities

  • Donato Cannone ( b. 1982 ), cyclist
  • Ferrante de Gemmis, writer

Twinning

Terlizzi maintains an intra- Italian partnership with the city of Sesto San Giovanni in the province of Milan.

Italy Provinces of Italy List of postal codes in Italy List of dialling codes in Italy National Institute of Statistics (Italy) Province of Barletta-Andria-Trani Autostrada A14 (Italy) Twin towns and sister cities Acquaviva delle Fonti Adelfia Alberobello Altamura Binetto Bitetto Bitonto Bitritto Capurso Casamassima Cassano delle Murge Castellana Grotte Cellamare Conversano Corato Gioia del Colle Grumo Appula Locorotondo Modugno Mola di Bari Molfetta Monopoli Noci Noicattaro Palo del Colle Poggiorsini Polignano a Mare Putignano Rutigliano Ruvo di Puglia Sannicandro di Bari Santeramo in Colle Toritto Triggiano Turi, Apulia Valenzano
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