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Maruggio

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Also known as Maruggio (Italy)

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.

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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Encyclopedic overview

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  • Territory
  • History
  • Economy
  • Main sights
  • References

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").

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Maruggio” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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