Giovinazzo

Also known as Giovannazzo

Giovinazzo (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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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.