Torremaggiore

Torre Maggiore is a town with 17,444 inhabitants (as of 31 December 2012) in the Italian province of Foggia (FG ), Region Apulia. It is known for its wine and edible oil production.

The neighboring municipalities are Casalvecchio di Puglia, Castelnuovo della Daunia, Lucera, Rotello (CB ), San Paolo di Civitate, San Severo, Santa Croce di Magliano (CB) and Serracapriola.

History

Torre Maggiore has its roots in the approximately ten kilometers away Byzantine frontier fortress of Castel Fiorentino, founded in 1018 by Basil Boioannes, the Katepan the topic Italy. Castel Fiorentino later passed in Norman, Hohenstaufen, Angevin and Aragonese possession and is best known as a place of death of Frederick II ( 1250). 1255 the fortress by troops of the Papal States was attacked, after which the population of the town sought shelter at the nearby Benedictine abbey of San Pietro. The abbot allowed them to establish a new settlement, which only bore the name Codacchio, then - after the union with the inhabitants of another small fortress called Dragonara - Terra Maior, from which derives the Italian place name. The place had to be almost completely rebuilt after an earthquake on July 30, 1627.

Torre Maggiore was for centuries owned by the local feudal lords of Sangro and San Severo. Of particular historical interest is the ducal castle, a Renaissance building that dates back to a Norman fortress tower. Remarkable are the six towers, four round and two square. The throne room is decorated with a fresco from the 17th century. In the castle there is also an archaeological exhibition with finds from Fiorentino.

Twinning

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Luigi Rossi (1598-1653), composer
  • Raimondo di Sangro (1710-1771), alchemist and scientist
  • Niccolò Fiani (1757-1799), activist of the Neapolitan Republic
  • Nicola Sacco (1891-1927), an anarchist in the U.S.
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