Acquaviva delle Fonti
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Acquaviva delle Fonti is a town and comune
in the province of Bari
, Apulia
, southern Italy
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(Concattedrale di Sant'Eustachio di Acquaviva delle Fonti) is located here, since 1986 a co-cathedral
in the Diocese of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti.
Comune
In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...
in the province of Bari
Province of Bari
The Province of Bari is a province in the Apulia region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Bari.It has an area of 5,138 km², and a total population of 1,594,109 . There are 48 comuni in the province, see Comuni of the Province of Bari...
, Apulia
Apulia
Apulia is a region in Southern Italy bordering the Adriatic Sea in the east, the Ionian Sea to the southeast, and the Strait of Òtranto and Gulf of Taranto in the south. Its most southern portion, known as Salento peninsula, forms a high heel on the "boot" of Italy. The region comprises , and...
, southern Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
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Buildings
Acquaviva CathedralAcquaviva Cathedral
Acquaviva Cathedral is the principal church of Acquaviva delle Fonti in Apulia, Italy. It is now a co-cathedral of the Diocese of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti...
(Concattedrale di Sant'Eustachio di Acquaviva delle Fonti) is located here, since 1986 a co-cathedral
Co-cathedral
A co-cathedral is a cathedral church which shares the function of being a bishop's seat, or cathedra, with another cathedral. Instances of this occurred in England before the Protestant Reformation in the dioceses of Bath and Wells, and of Coventry and Lichfield, hence the names of these dioceses...
in the Diocese of Altamura-Gravina-Acquaviva delle Fonti.
Famous people from Acquaviva delle Fonti
- Roberto Colaninno, businesspeople
- Giacomo Lassandro, baseball umpire and member of the Italian Baseball Hall of Fame.
- Vito Marino Caferra, judge
- Mario NapolitanoMario NapolitanoMario Napolitano was an Italian chess master.At the beginning of his career, Napolitano took 5th place in Venice in 1928. Then, he won at Milan 1934. He had played many times in the Italian championships and local tournaments – before, during and after World War II...
, chess player - Modesto Panetti, engineer
- Giuseppe Quatraro, Business Person
- Donato Colafemina, concert tenor