Stornarella
Encyclopedia
Stornarella is a town and comune
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 Foggia
Province of Foggia
The Province of Foggia is a province in the Apulia region of Italy.This province is also known as Capitanata, originally Catapanata, because during the Middle Ages it was governed by a catapan, as part of the Catapanate of Italy...

 in the 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...

 region the southeast of 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...

.
Lovely multicultural village in the heart of the big plains of Tavoliere delle Puglie, it inhabits ca. 5000 Stornarellesi by right of birth or welcomed by the natives.
Stornarella was founded by the Gesuits at the beginning of the 17th century, and from that moment on it has continuously flourished thanks to its natural resources.
Durum wheat, wine, vegetables and extra-virgin olive oil are the pillars of Stornarella's economy. Sowing and harvesting the core produce beats the time and seasons.
On the 1st of May 2008, Stornarella celebrated 200 years as a municipality.
The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
 
x
OK