Motta Montecorvino

Comune in Apulia, Italy
Location of Motta Montecorvino
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41°30′N 15°7′E / 41.500°N 15.117°E / 41.500; 15.117CountryItalyRegionApuliaProvinceFoggia (FG)Government
 • MayorDomenico IavagnilioArea • Total19.94 km2 (7.70 sq mi)Elevation
662 m (2,172 ft)Population
 (28 February 2017)[2]
 • Total716 • Density36/km2 (93/sq mi)DemonymMottesiTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code
71030
Dialing code0881Patron saintSt. John the BaptistSaint day6 MayWebsiteOfficial website

Motta Montecorvino (Pugliese: A Mottè) is a town, comune (municipality), former bishopric and present Latin Catholic titular see in the province of Foggia, Apulia, southeast Italy.

The city was losing its population in the early 15th century, and then an earthquake on 5 December 1456 reduced it to rubble and ruins, apart from a guard tower. Even its cathedral was destroyed.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. ^ All demographics and other statistics from the Italian statistical institute (Istat)
  3. ^ Maria Stella Calò Mariani, "I villages désertés della Capitanata. Fiorentino e Montecorvino", in Atti del 27º convegno sulla preistoria-protostoria-storia della Daunia (San Severo, 2007), pp. 56-57. See photograph of cathedral ruins on p. 82.

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