Maruggio
Sign in to savethumb|240px|Loggia of Palazzo Covelli De Marco. Maruggio (; ) is a village and comune in the province of Taranto, Apulia, southeast Italy. The village is located in a natural depression from the Gulf of Taranto, in the north-west part of Salento peninsula and it's one of the villages of South Italy where the Greek dialect Griko is spoken.
Key facts
- Italian comune.name
- Maruggio
- Italian comune.official_name
- Comune di Maruggio
- Italian comune.image_skyline
- ChiesaMadreMaruggio.JPG
- Italian comune.image_caption
- Mother Church of Maruggio
- Italian comune.image_shield
- Maruggio-Stemma.png
- Italian comune.shield_alt
- Coat of arms of Maruggio
- Italian comune.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Italian comune.region
- Apulia
- Italian comune.province
- (TA)
- Italian comune.frazioni
- Acquadolce Cirenaica, Campomarino di Maruggio, Capoccia Scorcialupi, Commenda, Monaco Mirante
- Italian comune.mayor
- Alfredo Longo
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
- 49.07
- Italian comune.population_total
- 5257
- Italian comune.population_as_of
- 30 September 2017
- Italian comune.population_demonym
- Maruggesi (Maruggisi in local dialect)
- Italian comune.elevation_m
- 26
- Italian comune.saint
- St. John the Baptist and St. Christopher
- Italian comune.day
- 13–14 July
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thumb|240px|Loggia of Palazzo Covelli De Marco. Maruggio (; ) is a village and comune in the province of Taranto, Apulia, southeast Italy. The village is located in a natural depression from the Gulf of Taranto, in the north-west part of Salento peninsula and it's one of the villages of South Italy where the Greek dialect Griko is spoken.
The nearest villages are Torricella at , Sava at , Manduria at and Avetrana at . It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").