Giovinazzo
Sign in to saveGiovinazzo (Barese: ) is a town, comune (municipality) and former bishopric within the Metropolitan City of Bari, Apulia region, southeastern Italy.
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Giovinazzo is a small town located in the Bari area of southeastern Italy's Apulia region. It was historically significant enough to have its own bishop, though it is now organized as a municipality within the larger metropolitan area of Bari.
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Key facts
- Italian comune.name
- Giovinazzo
- Italian comune.official_name
- Comune di Giovinazzo
- Italian comune.image_skyline
- Giovinazzo - Torrione - 202209291712 3.jpeg
- Italian comune.image_caption
- View of Giovinazzo from the sea
- Italian comune.image_shield
- Giovinazzo-Stemma.png
- Italian comune.region
- Apulia
- Italian comune.metropolitan_city
- Bari (BA)
- Italian comune.mayor
- Michele Sollecito
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
- 44.3
- Italian comune.population_total
- 19.537
- Italian comune.population_as_of
- 31 December 2020
- Italian comune.population_demonym
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Giovinazzo (Barese: ) is a town, comune (municipality) and former bishopric within the Metropolitan City of Bari, Apulia region, southeastern Italy.
== History == It was a small fortified centre of the Romans, who called it Natolium, possibly built on the ruins of the Peucete Netium which was destroyed during the Punic Wars.